Very nice set ups, thanks a bunch. My close by hobby shop closed after thirty five years, been using it for about five, so I'm SOL now for picking up the small things. I took the steering cables off that came with the boat, I think the owner didn't know how they should be. I had some push rod lying around so I changed the set up to push rod. Moved the throttle cable to a more suitable local and bada-bing everything seems to be working very nice. If I can find another shop close by I might go back with the adjustable rod ends like you have demonstrated. Really sucks having limited resources, seems no one around here messes with boats, so they don't have the parts or a clew what you are asking them about. If I didn't have guys like yourself to ask sometimes silly questions, I would be screwed. Again, thanks