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Frozen or Stiff Steering? How to clean an outboard steering tube
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<blockquote data-quote="mirrocraft16" data-source="post: 511939" data-attributes="member: 34654"><p>There's quite a few aluminum boats that use remote steering and through the tube steering cables. </p><p>Nearly all with a side console or center console, plus many of the older runabouts by Starcraft over the years. </p><p>Starcraft built tens of thousands of Holiday, Super Sport, Mariner, and similar models over the years with a good many still being in service 40+ years later.</p><p></p><p>Dried out grease is not the biggest issue on most stuck cables. Every one I've dealt with have been rusted in place, no amount of soaking, hammering, or heat will budge them. I've had some luck using a 5/8" hole saw or drill bit on an extension but more often than not the end of the cable that's stuck is hardened and nearly impossible to drill through. I've replaced as many tilt tubes then I've been able to save.</p><p>I've got a 115 Mercury right now that the former owner butchered trying to remove the motor to replace the transom wood. After he pounded the end of the steering cable to the point he mushroomed it to over 3/4" on the end he then cut the cable off and unbolted the motor. </p><p>He then proceeded to pound that mushroomed end of the cable half way through the tube until it wouldn't go any further. It was jammed into the tube so hard it expanded the tube making it nearly impossible to get it out of the steering bracket. I ended up cutting the tube in pieces to be able to replace the tube. I had an older Force 125 where someone pounded the cable in so bad they broke the mounting bracket.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mirrocraft16, post: 511939, member: 34654"] There's quite a few aluminum boats that use remote steering and through the tube steering cables. Nearly all with a side console or center console, plus many of the older runabouts by Starcraft over the years. Starcraft built tens of thousands of Holiday, Super Sport, Mariner, and similar models over the years with a good many still being in service 40+ years later. Dried out grease is not the biggest issue on most stuck cables. Every one I've dealt with have been rusted in place, no amount of soaking, hammering, or heat will budge them. I've had some luck using a 5/8" hole saw or drill bit on an extension but more often than not the end of the cable that's stuck is hardened and nearly impossible to drill through. I've replaced as many tilt tubes then I've been able to save. I've got a 115 Mercury right now that the former owner butchered trying to remove the motor to replace the transom wood. After he pounded the end of the steering cable to the point he mushroomed it to over 3/4" on the end he then cut the cable off and unbolted the motor. He then proceeded to pound that mushroomed end of the cable half way through the tube until it wouldn't go any further. It was jammed into the tube so hard it expanded the tube making it nearly impossible to get it out of the steering bracket. I ended up cutting the tube in pieces to be able to replace the tube. I had an older Force 125 where someone pounded the cable in so bad they broke the mounting bracket. [/QUOTE]
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