Re-installing Edson CDi Helm

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by Hayden 25 October 2015 Cockpits Rock Hall, MD 32 photos 2699 views

We had the helm serviced by Edson and here are the photos of the re-installation. It took me 2.5 hours to remove the helm and 5.5 hours to re-install the helm. Overall, this is not a bad job. Edson is FANTASTIC to work with, they really helped me out with this helm. I think the factory should use this helm. The Edson CDi helm.

IMG_5182 The helm as it was unboxed

IMG_5186 The helm base needed the 4200 cleaned off from our original 2002 install.

IMG_5187 The Edspon CDi helm has the rack and pinion gears in the head. Very cool design.

IMG_5192 We needed to clean off the 4200 from the helm botls so we could get a good seal again

IMG_5194 The helm guard was still in place, this held our radar and all wiring. So getting this into and under the…

IMG_5196 We sealed the base with 4200

IMG_5198 Bolt it down...easy. It fits right into the original factory holes.

IMG_5199 The helm guard was then lowered onto the top and bolted down

IMG_5200 Under the floor the CDi helm projects below the deck for the lever arm.

IMG_5202 Here you can see the lever arm that is on the helm now and the stop rig bolted under the deck. Note the solid…

IMG_5204 The shifter control cable and the throttle cable come up through the center. This is the cable hold down.

IMG_5205 I wire tie the cables to the cable support so they do not come off the small angle brackets they are held into

IMG_5206 The system gets bolted down and this holds the helm guard in place.

IMG_5208 Next the shifter control bolts on top of the CDi helm. This is the PANISH single lever shifter,

IMG_5209 Shifter cable on the left, throttle cable on the right. This panish control is a beautiful piece.

IMG_5210 The shifter get an Edson cover and the compass bolts on top

IMG_5212 The compass gets wired and the unit is built. BEAUTIFUL

IMG_5232 Next, we launched the boat to test it out...

IMG_5245 In she goes.....season 2012 begins now, and it is off to our 2nd BAHAMAS run

IMG_5261 Next we re-installed the custom helm table that I modified to fit our custom welded helm guard.

IMG_5263 The table is an Edson table, but needed custom mods. Here you can see our teak brackets made to connect to the…

IMG_5264 Cup holder comes right off...

IMG_5265 The table is hinged as high as possible and here you can see the brackets on the back

IMG_5266 View of brackets from under and from aft looking up

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