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--- rudder_cable [2021/08/24 00:44]
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+++ rudder_cable [2025/08/17 16:16] (current)
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-===== Rudder Cable Repair =====
+===== Rudder Related Repair =====
-Hope this is unnecessary to say, but if you are doing this yourself, you DO want to get it right…
+  * [[:repair#rudders|Repair Page - Rudder Related Fixes]]
-  * [[:broken_rudder_cables|On the Water Temporary Fix]]
+<WRAP centeralign>
-  * **Off the Water Cable Replacement**
+.
+{{https://surfski.wiki//lib/plugins/ckgedit/fckeditor/userfiles/image/equipment/rudders/broken_cable.jpg?direct&400x467|broken_cable.jpg}}
+Broken Rudder Cable photo: [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/149936425090140/user/549464728/?__cft__[0]=AZUzrYnWVjfWCo7D-eYrJlLk6Ecs35-75SEIJyWCRUsqj5VK6AdDB-syhRqgIVu-gpgMPGYqCJZOTmT5GK_STy6-9soUYlXlYUt-_hX4a2yywcN8ImCHsS_nKZk0SoGHYoiXxwCxkM5Tacj159ooCt1NKvi5hutsW3hQFpm8108I--POksyw4O4o8hibVoe4zjM&__tn__=-UC,P-R|Torbjörn Karldén]]
+</WRAP>
+The steel cable in the photo above had been recently inspected and seemed okay, but it was 5 years old. Maybe time to go with dyneema. As a precaution some folks move their dyneema lines a bit each year to change where it may be rubbing on the line in their boats….
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+==== Rudder Cable Related Repair ====
+<WRAP center round tip 95%> \\ If you think there may be any problem remembering how everything should be done/look after you perform cable replacement, take photos of your setup before beginning (or if a connector on one side is somehow incomplete or missing at least take photos of the other side) \\ </WRAP>
+  * [[:broken_rudder_cables|Emergency Temporary Fix]]
+  * **Off the Water Cable Replacement **
+      * Hope this is unnecessary to say, but if you are doing this yourself, you DO want to get it right…
+      * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqXa7IhqJ8o|Oscar Chalupsky Video - Changing Cables]]
+      * [[https://youtu.be/02hj1uDu8Rk|Oscar Chalupsky Video]] Using Vacuum Cleaner to feed rudder line
+      * [[https://youtu.be/FseahHyAEzU|Epic V10 Cable (]]dyneema) Replacement
       * **Whatcom Paddler Discussions**
         * [[:rudder_cable_repair_2011|2011 - crimping, swage tools, 1/16 stainless, Huki]]
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         * [[:rudder_cable_repair|2017 - Stainless vs Dyneema, Q-Power kite line, etc.]]
         * [[:spectra_rudder_cable_7_3_2020|2020 - Spectra Q-Power line Cable Replacement for Huki]]
-      * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqXa7IhqJ8o|Oscar Chalupsky Video - Changing Cables]]
+        * 2023 [[https://youtu.be/J2vBj5rWdXU|HowNOT2 video]] comparison of Dyneema with cheaper knock-offs "Chineema"
-      *  [[https://youtu.be/02hj1uDu8Rk|Oscar Chalupsky Video]]
+      * **Replacing Rudder, Cable, Cable Housing (Old rescue) Fenn Mako XT (5 part video series)**
- - Using Vacuum Cleaner to feed rudder line
+        - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_quZ2zE1LU|Replacing Rudder]]
+        - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxE3QO0S0_c|Replacing Rudder Sleeve]]
+        - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohs_1h7ypFs|Replacing Cable Housing Tubes]]
+        - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGVcYAsOYa0|Replacing Rudder Cover Plate]]
+        - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGVcYAsOYa0|Putting It All Together]]
+      * **Cable Housing**
+        - Kan Waranon Discussion (Surfski Kayak facebook group)
+          - [[https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18GM6SFiVG/|Epic Kayak Housing Deterioration]]
+          - [[https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17Cu2K9drs/|More discussion about housing tube material]]
+      * …
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+"I was adrift in a sea of questions and if answers were lifeboats, I was in imminent danger of drowning." **Karen Marie Moning**</WRAP>
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+<WRAP centeralign>
+About Differences in Available Dyneema, HPME, "Chineema"…
+{{youtube>J2vBj5rWdXU}}
+</WRAP>
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