PULLING WAKEBOARD TOWER SPEAKER/CAMERA WIRES IN MINUTES VS ALL Day
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:52 pm
I have helped a few friends install Tower Speakers and MacGyvered a simple and effective methodology to “git-er-done” as Larry would say.
Before you start the timer, you will need the following items:
* Short piece of tubing, 8” or so - I used refrigerator water tubing
* String - waxed is best, dollar store has them
* Steel Nut - that will fit through the holes on top or on the sides of your WakeBoard Tower the wires will pass through to your speakers
* Strong Magnet - kind you use to fish dropped tools from your dock
* Sock - just a plain sock to put around magnet to prevent scratches on tower
Step 1 - Pull off the side covers or access panel area to reach of the bottom/underneath your wakeboard tower.
Step 2 - If you have a black plastic racer tube containing existing wires etc, leave it alone, its crazy to try and use that
Step 3 - Thread string through the plastic tube and tie on the steel nut at the end
Step 4 - Pull the nut flush to the end of the plastic tube
Step 5 - Push the plastic tube & nut though the rubber grommet the existing racer tube is going through. All you want is to get the wire past the rubber grommet the boat manufacturers typically have installed.
Step 6 - Put the magnet in the sock
Step 7 - Giggle the magnet, slide the magnet, moving it around the wakeboard tube and simply drag it up and around the bends, twists to the desired exit location
Step 8 - Gently pull the string through the wakeboard tower until it exits through the hole in the tower where you want the wires
Step 9 - Tie & Tape the wires to the end of the string keeping it as flat and smooth as possible to prevent snags and pull your wires.
Step 10 - Mount speaker, connect to power and you are good to go.
Notes: Sometimes the shortest way isn’t the easiest way to pull the wires. On difficult pulls, I have pulled to a certain point and came out of the pipe and started another pull from that point as the wakeboard tower pipe split into two different directions. Also, when selecting the nut, make sure it will exit the hole and this is key, spend a couple of minutes and find nut that is the hardest to pull from the magnet.
Good Luck.
Before you start the timer, you will need the following items:
* Short piece of tubing, 8” or so - I used refrigerator water tubing
* String - waxed is best, dollar store has them
* Steel Nut - that will fit through the holes on top or on the sides of your WakeBoard Tower the wires will pass through to your speakers
* Strong Magnet - kind you use to fish dropped tools from your dock
* Sock - just a plain sock to put around magnet to prevent scratches on tower
Step 1 - Pull off the side covers or access panel area to reach of the bottom/underneath your wakeboard tower.
Step 2 - If you have a black plastic racer tube containing existing wires etc, leave it alone, its crazy to try and use that
Step 3 - Thread string through the plastic tube and tie on the steel nut at the end
Step 4 - Pull the nut flush to the end of the plastic tube
Step 5 - Push the plastic tube & nut though the rubber grommet the existing racer tube is going through. All you want is to get the wire past the rubber grommet the boat manufacturers typically have installed.
Step 6 - Put the magnet in the sock
Step 7 - Giggle the magnet, slide the magnet, moving it around the wakeboard tube and simply drag it up and around the bends, twists to the desired exit location
Step 8 - Gently pull the string through the wakeboard tower until it exits through the hole in the tower where you want the wires
Step 9 - Tie & Tape the wires to the end of the string keeping it as flat and smooth as possible to prevent snags and pull your wires.
Step 10 - Mount speaker, connect to power and you are good to go.
Notes: Sometimes the shortest way isn’t the easiest way to pull the wires. On difficult pulls, I have pulled to a certain point and came out of the pipe and started another pull from that point as the wakeboard tower pipe split into two different directions. Also, when selecting the nut, make sure it will exit the hole and this is key, spend a couple of minutes and find nut that is the hardest to pull from the magnet.
Good Luck.