Upgrade the Vibe Shearwater 125 Rudder Foot Control

In this video, I walk you through each step of how I chose to upgrade the rudder foot control for my Vibe Shearwater 125. The stock foot control for the rudder were digging into my kayak and the free flow pedals needed to be replaced.
Here are the key parts I used...
Stainless Steel Cable Sleeves
www.westmarine...
Credit to Gary Koepplin for the cable sleeve idea!

[@brandonhowes5364]

Just a tip that may be helpful, putting the new tubing in hot water will make it so you can straighten it out, makes feeding it back to the stern much easier. Thanks for showing this off, I ended up going with a different brand of cable sleeves that were $20 cheaper, but they are the same thing.

[@daddyrabbitoutdoors]

On the foot pedals use liquid silicon or liquid wrench. it makes them really smooth. I haven't had any issues since using that on the tracks.

[@fincenzofishing7963]

Yep. I do the same. Works like a charm

[@DJ3cko]

Thanks for the video. Great mod upgrade for the peddles.

[@rkbuzard7607]

Thanks for this. Very helpful.

[@Musicalpa]

Couldn't you have just reused the original tubing and just add the metal end sleeves to them?

[@fincenzofishing7963]

It's possible. If I remember correctly in order to add the cable sleeves, which was the primary intention, the tubes had to be replaced too because the factory tubing was already set in place.

[@SC-hc7vy]

how are the tubing + the sleeve working so far? I can't seem to be able to get the 5/16" to shrink fit the sleeve. Can you please tell me what is the O.D. of your sleeve? thanks

[@Musicalpa]

It's a shame Vibe doesn't recognize this as a manufacturing design flaw and provide free replacement kits to resolve the issue.

[@Bierce88]

I actually prefer the old foot braces.

[@daddyrabbitoutdoors]

Update on this? Is this mod still holding up?

[@fincenzofishing7963]

All good. The only change is the cables. The kevlar rope was no good. Started falling apart. I've replaced them with 1/16 galvanized cables.

[@JJ1964]

Where did you get the free flow rails

[@fincenzofishing7963]

The rails were the stock rails that came with the kayak. I completed the warranty claim for the free flow pedals to use on the stock rails. Still didn't work out.

[@JJ1964]

The rails are plastic not Metal like yours that’s why I’m asking where did you get them

[@fincenzofishing7963]

I mentioned in the video that I ended up buying new rails and foot braces through bonafide. What you are referring to are not the free flow rails. The bonafide rails are metal. bonafidekayaks.com/collections/accessories/products/foot-brace-rails-accessory-package

[@JJ1964]

Thanks