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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Thanks Ted I'll do hat at weekend then. Will that then free up thextop section of the shift shaft and enable it to come out still attached to the shift lever?
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Thanks Scott, so I should be able to lift engine up and away from saddle and the top section of shift shaft should pull out with it?
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    No thought I would leave lower section on and just remove engine and prop as one piece. Will take some more pics and post
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Still going with this 😖 I have the mounts removed now, found some new ones to replace, I have disconnected the link rod reverse lock, so I thought now I should be able to lift the engine away from the saddle! Nope, the shift shaft goes down through the steering part attached to the saddle. Is...
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    I'll go grab it from the motor tomorrow
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Update, I have managed to remove 3 of the 4 mounts, had to drill them out due to rusted retaining clips. Stopped on the 4th, as there is a bar joining at the back, a link rod reverse lock?? Not sure how to remove that or from which end. The mounts are as the attached picture, and like rocking...
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    It's blue decals Scott. . I thought it's 1982 unless the cover was replaced at some point. Just looked at the middle link you posted, and that's what I have. That is a cover held in by the circlip. Gonna try and lever it out at the weekend, or failing that, drill a small hole in it to insert a...
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    I'm still assuming that as I can't see the screw in the centre that mine has a cover over the top of it that I need to lever out, or drill through to access the screw/bushing? And once that's out, I can remove screw, put a longer screw in to aid with pulling the bushes out?
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    I'm not sure Scott. I tried tracing the serial number, but mine starts with a 9 and he chart I looked at only went to 6
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Ahh that's perfect. Thankyou so much. I'll have another stab at the weekend and let you jnowchowvit goes 😀
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Update: have spent the last couple of hours tapping on the saddle with a rubber mallet, and nothing is popping out. I still don't know if these are plastic covers I have to pry off first somehow? Do I hit the opposite side with something thin to try to push it through? There is nothing for me to...
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Cheers, so do they push through from one sidexto the other, or are they 4 individual bushings that need so somehow be pulled out individually? I can't see any way of actually pulling them out as there's nothing there to grip?
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Thanks Scott, I'll have a look at that at the weekend. So the whole top part of the engine comes off? I must source a manual
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Ok thanks, is that a better way to do it? I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to outboards, So the 6 nuts, will that remove the whole top part of the engine as one piece, or is there other stuff to do with the engine before I can access the bracket?
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Ok so I'm at a bit of a loss here 😫 Im guessing I'm on the correct mounts here? So I have removed the circlip, and I'm just looking at a blank plate with seemingly no way to get it out without drilling a hole in the middle of it?
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Ok thanks it's a 1981/82 model I think. Will check it out before I get loose with a spanner! 😂
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    So removing the engine from the swivel shaft is just those 2 big bolts or mounts on each side of the shaft with the circlips right?...
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Arrgh the dreaded answer! Lol. Was hoping for the quick fix, but luckily out of season I suppose. Thanks for replying
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    Mercury 7.5 steering arm bracket help

    Hi I foolishly shipped my outboard to myself via courier and as expected, they dropped it and broke the steering arm bracket! I managed to find a new bracket and had it shipped to the UK. Is this a big job? i can just about see the nuts that hold it on but cant quite get to them. Do i need to...
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