[Rhodes22-list] Remote Control

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Robert,

When we bought our newer Yamaha to replace our old Honda, we were 
able to reuse the old Honda cables with the Yamaha mount thanks to 
the wonderful Yamaha tech at the Boat House down near Kent Island 
(sadly gone - caught up in the demise of Boaters World). It was a 
tight fit for the cables on the motor bracket but he made it work. I 
believe he had to order a bracket from Yamaha to make it work. Our 
motor is a Yamaha 8hp HT electric start - non tilting model on a 
manual GB motor lift.

When we did the original Honda installation, in 2002 I think, we ran 
the cables through the gas boot - tearing it slightly in the process 
but that's been OK. I've seen a couple of R22s with two boots - one 
for the gas line and one for the cables. When he did the original 
installation, the Honda guy said get the best cables you can as they 
will deal better with sharper turns. We reused those cables when we 
did the new installation several years ago. Last spring they finally 
gave up the ghost and we replaced them ourselves with the best cables 
we could get from our new Yamaha guy - Jim's Marine in Galena, MD. 
Seems to be working fine.

I don't have any photos of the Yamaha installation (and I'm not going 
to go get any today) but let me know if you want to see it and I'll 
try to get some over the weekend.. I've attached a photo of the Honda 
showing the cables running through the boot and another of the test 
fitting of the controls in the cockpit. I don't think they help with 
your issue which I assume is the clearances at the motor itself. Note 
that we worked with a Yamaha tech on making this work and not Stan as 
it required no modifications to the boat itself.

Best of luck.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 11:30 AM 6/7/2013, you wrote:
>to David and all others with a remote
>General Boats is in the process of repairing my boat from Sandi damage. I
>replaced my old Yamaha with their new model. My old remote controls were
>the system that worked perfectly on the tiller. Stan explains that there is
>a real problem running the cables on all other engines (other than the old
>Yamaha) .I would love to see more detailed pictures of David's installation
>or anyone else's recommended system. I already bought the Yamaha, so I am
>limited to that or something similar. How do people run the cables from the
>motor into the boat allowing for movement of the outboard in and out of the
>water. If you have the old wonderful system - don't bother showing me,
>unless you want to just rub it in - I loved that system.
>
>rob
>--
>Robert O. Baldi

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