Re: [omc-boats] Trucourse steering

Tinman,

I'm not sure why the historic confusion. Perhaps OMC labeled that way if the
part was "common" to both systems or OMC shifted the name later to reflect
an improved product?

If you have the SELOC manual or later OMC shop manuals study the section on
TruCourse and you'll see it's a different beast from the aircraft style rope
and pulley. OMC felt it was good enough to use on a quality line of boats
from beginning to end.

Rope and pulley systems have certain advantages unless you are the one
tasked with rigging it under a deck. It probably was more than up to the
task of handling the torque loads of the original OMC Deluxe 17 and the
480-488 V4 sterndrive back in 1962-63. (I'd love to see the rigging on the
OMC Dual 17!) But by the late sixties mechanical systems were very
widespread, partly due to Kiekhafer-Mercury's Ride-Guide system.

Attached is a picture of the "true" "TruCouse" steering cable and drum
assembly (highlighted).

A close-up of this same picture is on my website:
http://hhscott.com/evinrude/images/hp/helm_proj_instruments/hp_inst_target2.html

Lee Shuster
Salt Lake City

----- Original Message -----
From: "A Mark" <tinman694@...>
To: <omc-boats@...>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Trucourse steering

> So why does my steering assembly on my 1970 Tiderider
> Say "Tru Course" ?????
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> Good thing is that if the cable assy on mine (the
> aircraft style pulley/rope system) breaks, I can fix
> it myself pretty easily.
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>> Thanks Gregory for the pics of the lubrication
>> fitting for the steering.
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>> And thanks to Phil Bunde for lettimg us attach pics.
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>> Just a note of clarification for the record: It's
>> incorrect to call this a TruCourse steering. The
>> various manuals aren't very clear on this subject:
>> OMC used three steering systems on electric
>> stringers (which are typically not covered in the
>> manuals):
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>> 1) ALL Evinrude-Johnson-OMC boats used the
>> aircraft-type Cable-Rope and Pulley, shown here
>> (thanks GFB!).
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>> 2) Then came the mechnaical/rack & pinion "Tiller
>> Arm" which required attaching an external ARM thru a
>> hole in the transom to the side of the sterndrive
>> leg.
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>> 3) Around 1971 -72 came the proprietary OMC
>> TruCourse system. It marries the concepts of
>> mechanical gears and cables. It's a push-pull system
>> where the cables are totally sealed-enclosed. The
>> cables were sold in specific lengths. TruCousre can
>> be retro-fitted to cable-pulley systems, but the
>> necessary parts are difficult to come by. (TruCourse
>> is the only system usually mentioned in the
>> manuals).
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>> Go figure...
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Gregory B. Fell
>> To: omc-boats@...
>> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 5:10 AM
>> Subject: RE: [omc-boats] Trucourse steering
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>> Here's a picture of mine. Is that what you were
>> looking for?
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>> Gregory B. Fell
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>> The Fell Law Firm
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>> 3300 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 700
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>> Dallas, Texas 75219
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>> PHN : 972-488-8177
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>> FAX : 214-219-4218
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>> From: Gregory B. Fell
>> [mailto:gfell@...]
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 11:18 AM
>> To: 'omc-boats@...'
>> Subject: RE: [omc-boats] Trucourse steering
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>> I just greased that this past weekend ('69
>> Sportsman). On mine it's on the Starboard side at
>> about a 45 degree up angle to the ground about four
>> inches forward of the transom. It is a bit
>> inconspicuous. After all these years, it still
>> takes me a good long look to zero in on it.
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>> Gregory B. Fell
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>> The Fell Law Firm
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>> 3300 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 700
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>> Dallas, Texas 75219
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>> PHN : 972-488-8177
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>> FAX : 214-219-4218
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>> GFELL@...
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>> From: owner-omc-boats@...
>> [mailto:owner-omc-boats@...] On Behalf Of
>> Mike Rewegan
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:42 AM
>> To: omc-boats@...
>> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Trucourse steering
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>> not all intermediate housings had that grease
>> fitting.
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>> "Scott E. Veazie" <scottveazie@...> wrote:
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>> Does anyone have the trucourse steering setup on
>> their boats? I know it's a
>> later accessory never offered on our boats, but on
>> my boat (Glastron) I have
>> trucourse. I'm trying to find the inner grease
>> fitting inside the boat on
>> the intermediate housing for the steering shaft.
>> Anyone know where it's at?
>> My steering is really stiff, I can't believe the
>> cables would be bad.
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>> ~Scott
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