Re: 87' 150hp steering lock-up need help!!
don,t hammer any thing! sometimes the only way to free jammed steering is to remove the engine pivot tube from the transom clamps. The way to do this is to remove the nut from the tube (the end without the drive cable), now tighten the oppositE nut two or three turn you may notice the whole assembly start to move. You now need a piece of steel pipe that will slide over the steering drive end of assembly up to the pivot tube ,this pipe should be 2/4 ins longer than the pivot tube, now with a mallet slowly start to tap tube out of the transom clamps, MAKE SURE THE ENGINE SKEG IS RESTING ON THE GROUND VIA A WOOD BLOCK!!!! you should find the steel tube now has passed through the clamps and retains the engine to the boat, and the steering assembly with the siezed pivot tube is dangling from the back of the boat (how do you part them ??) heat the out side of the pivot tube along it,s whole length also as it cools apply duck oil or WD 40 to the crack between drive and tube attempt to move drive and tube apart by backing off the steering connection nut (the one on the cable end insert a spanner to act as a spacer between cable and tube and apply gentle pressure with steering wheel (NOT TO MUCH )WITH LUCK IT WILL MOVE keep increasing size of spacer and eventually the two will part company. Then its all down to a major decrud ,Inner of pivot tube ,Outer of steering drive.<br /> To reassemble reverse the procedure, slide steering into end of steel tube ,,and push pivot tube back into transom clamps ,should go in by hand (you may have to wiggle engine to start tube exactly but you,ll soon get it ) when reassembled remember to reposition nuts either side of clamps, ( not too tight! as you can pull or crack clamps ,its a slow process but saves loads of bucks!!
