Garmin foot pedal mount: Outpost factory location fit

Great question. We've seen a few Outposts running Garmin Force foot pedals, so it's definitely doable — but we don't have a documented Cajo-specific install spec for the Garmin pedal in place of the factory foot pedals. The most reliable answer comes from owners who've already done the install.

Honest hedge

The factory foot pedals on the Outpost run the steering cables for the Traverse Fatback Rudder via the Slide Lock Kayak Foot Braces. Replacing them with the Garmin Force foot pedal means re-routing or splitting the steering cable workflow, since the Garmin pedal isn't a stock kayak component.

We've not tested this swap in the shop. What we can confirm: customers have done it. We just don't know exactly what each customer did to make it work — adapter plate, cable tie-off arrangement, hand steering only after the swap, that sort of detail varies install to install.

Where to ask for the actual install

The Cajo Owner's Facebook group is the right place to ask:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/caminojourneygroup

Owners who've already rigged Garmin Force on an Outpost are active there. Post a photo of where the factory pedals are now, a photo of your Garmin Force pedal, and ask "anyone running this combo on the Outpost?" You'll get real install detail back — bolt patterns, cable handling, whether they kept the rudder, what they'd do differently the second time.

What we know on the Outpost / Terra electrical side

If you're going down the Garmin Force path on a Cajo, the surrounding hardware is friendly:

• Outpost 128 has a removable electronics pod with a thru-hull wiring kit on top of the pod — runs power and cable without drilling the hull
• Terra 116 has plates on the front and back specifically designed for motor wiring, fish-finder cable, and Power-Pole runs through the hull

So the electrical side of the Garmin Force install is well-supported. The foot-pedal swap is the part that's customer-rigged.

If you'd rather not DIY the pedal

A few owners have run the Garmin Force using its mast-top controls or the wireless remote instead of the foot pedal, leaving the factory foot pedals in place for rudder steering. Less hands-free, but no install required. Worth considering if the foot-pedal swap isn't a path you want to take on.

Related links

• Is the Outpost 100 pre-wired for foot steering?
• Where do I mount my fish-finder transducer on the Outpost 128?
• Does the Terra 116 have plates for wiring through the hull?
• Can you mount a trolling motor on a Cajo kayak?