Valley Kayak Skeg Control Block

Valley kayaks designed from 2010 on (Etain, Gemini, Sirona) come with this rectangular black plastic skeg control block which is bolted into its recess on the deck outside the cockpit with four stainless steel metric machine screws. The skeg cable and stiffener tube slide in this rectangular block and cantilever out of it. This block also holds the control end of the skeg cable's poly tube sheath in place and allows the cable to slide through it. There are two reasons to replace this part: If you over tighten the set screw at the aft end of this block it is easy to strip the threads for the setscrew, or sometimes this block is warped and creates friction for the cable stiffener tube that slides in and out of the block. Older model Valley Kayaks (Nordkapp, Aquanaut, Skerray, Avocet, Pintail, Anas Acuta) had a different skeg control system and do not use this part. When assembling, be sure the clear poly tube that the skeg cable runs through is inserted far enough into the aft end of t