I finally gave up on the cable tie bar I installed two years ago. It worked ok for a few months but then it needed alot of attention to remain useful. Without greasing and constant attention it was unusable. Also the excessive amount of crap hanging out on each end of it was a nuisance.
This year I tried to turn the wheel on the first adventure and it was really stiff. I got a look at the drive end of the cable tie bar and saw the pin was bending. That was the last straw. I removed the offending junk with a sawzall. No need to dismount and sling the kicker to remove the parts. This was all replaced by a steel rod type kicker tie bar. I could not be happier. Turns easy, no obvious failure points, takes up almost no real estate, and the kicker retracts and deploys with no issues.
Save yourself some grief and skip the cable tie bar device made by seastar. Better stuff is easily available and cheaper too.
John Wells.
This year I tried to turn the wheel on the first adventure and it was really stiff. I got a look at the drive end of the cable tie bar and saw the pin was bending. That was the last straw. I removed the offending junk with a sawzall. No need to dismount and sling the kicker to remove the parts. This was all replaced by a steel rod type kicker tie bar. I could not be happier. Turns easy, no obvious failure points, takes up almost no real estate, and the kicker retracts and deploys with no issues.
Save yourself some grief and skip the cable tie bar device made by seastar. Better stuff is easily available and cheaper too.
John Wells.
