===== Rudder Related Repair =====

  * [[:repair#rudders|Repair Page - Rudder Related Fixes]]

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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]]

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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 ====

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  * [[: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]]
        * [[:rudder_cable_repair_2013|2013 - focus again on stainless steel cable, Huki, Fenn]]
        * [[:rudder_cable_repair_2014|2014 - Stainless replacement, again]]
        * [[:rudder_stress_line_choice|2016 - OC4 Rudder Stress and Line Choices]]
        * [[: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]]
        * 2023 [[https://youtu.be/J2vBj5rWdXU|HowNOT2 video]] comparison of Dyneema with cheaper knock-offs "Chineema"
      * **Replacing Rudder, Cable, Cable Housing (Old rescue) Fenn Mako XT (5 part video series)**
        - [[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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About Differences in Available Dyneema, HPME, "Chineema"…

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