Shift cable boot zip tie

rasbury

Well, from a previous post it was determined that the clamp I had on my shift cable boot had come apart- it was missing when I bought the boat and put on a regular hose type clamp. So, it was advised that rather than put on the factory metal clamp, some sort of zip tie be used to replace that since it won't rust....the place where I store it said he would do it as a favor- went by to check this weekend and it had not been done and don't want to bug someone for a favor- is this something I can find, is it that special of a zip? West Marine have it or would Mercruiser sell it? I'm in the water after Christmas (rub it in, rub it in) and want to hopefully resolve my water intrusion issue....

Cableguy Greg

Any black 5" or so zip tie will work. You can find them at Lowes, Home Depot or Wally World. White doesn't have UV protection and will break down faster than black.

frenchship

Most of the zip tie have a steel lock tab(made of thin steel) and salt water wil get to it, if you can find a good zip tie with a plastic tab that would be better. But again I think that nothing beat the clamp for Mercruiser installed with the proper tool. I already send you the DIY tools to installed the proper clamps,easy to do and cheap.
Good luck

rasbury

10-4, I got the impression from someone there was a special one to use made for it as a zip tie when pulled tight is not a true circle....also, assume you put it on with the motor down vs up for the stretch of the boot?

Lake_Bum

I don't have any experience in Salt water, but I would think that it would eat a zip tie alive in short order.... 

rasbury

plastic zip electrical type...instead of using the metal mercruiser part.

rasbury

the zip ties I have seen are only plastic- I will give it a try and see what happens.