Custom/Hybrid Sealing trim cable setup help

[JamesG]

What are you guys doing to seal up and hold your trim cable in place? The cable obviously slides through the tube in the hull, but I am left with a lot of space for water to flood into my engine compartment.

Are you guys rigging it with fuel hoses or using a special grommet to prevent water intrusion?

 

[OCD Solutions]

Mine came with a couple rubber cable seals. I'll post a picture when I get home and see if I can find a Mcmaster carr part #.

 

[zzylstra]

I used black silicone and it still has movement but isn't sloppy I'm sure it leaks but I don't think it's that big of a deal since I ride flatwater

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Put short piece of 3/8 waterline over trim tube on outside and inside if u like, put trim cable back in trim tube use hose clamps and tighten dow on trim cable

 

[GIL]

I went to Advanced Auto Parts and found some mickey mouse universal grommets for 2-3$ and rigged up seals on both ends of my trim tube so that if one end fails, the other is still sealed as a back up. This has served me well for 5 years now. Now if I could just find a trim cable that did not break every 1-2 years. LOL

 

[DarkWater]

Faucet washers worked great. Not an ounce of water all season.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Good idea darkwater

 

[zimmy]

As mentioned, it comes with a rubber piece to seal the pipe. I have found that wrapping the cable in fuel/waterline helps the cable to last much longer, the grey outer coating is easily chaffed through resulting I rust that eventually collapses the cable housing. The fuel line is chaffe resistant and protects the cable from unwanted wear.

 

[Proformance1]

1/2" vacuum caps inside and thrust cap at rear with zip ties on all.

 

[Mark44]

grip tight cord connector from mcmaster carr.