got steering all set up. motor wont move.

[bissinger]

i just bought a new rotary steering kit and got it all set up, but the motor wont move. i tighttened the bolt at the end of the cable where it goes through the tub and i tightened the bolts that go into the helm. still wont move. is there anything i need to know that i missed?

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: got steering all set up. motor wont move.

discinnect the link arm and see if the cable moves, and the engine moves. may be wrong link arm.

 

[5string]

Re: got steering all set up. motor wont move.

Can you move the motor by hand, actualy grab it and push it side to side? If not, try disconnecting steering and if it still wont move then it frozen at the steering arm, all it is s a metal rod inside a sleeve and it has to be lubricated. Mine froze after one year and the boat was new. I had to use a block of wood and hammer and tap it open then I lubricated the arm and them knocked it back and forth till it freed up.

5string in NC

 

[bissinger]

Re: got steering all set up. motor wont move.

Can you move the motor by hand, actualy grab it and push it side to side? If not, try disconnecting steering and if it still wont move then it frozen at the steering arm, all it is s a metal rod inside a sleeve and it has to be lubricated. Mine froze after one year and the boat was new. I had to use a block of wood and hammer and tap it open then I lubricated the arm and them knocked it back and forth till it freed up.

5string in NC

everything was just put on the boat and the motor does move side to side

 

[Mark42]

Re: got steering all set up. motor wont move.

Completely unscrew the nut on the motor's through tube and see if you can move the cable in the through tube by hand by pulling it out by the casing . It may be a case were the nut was over-tightened and "crimped" the through tube to the end of the cable.

If that's not it, go to the helm and undo the quick disconnect but don't pull the cable out. Then see if the wheel moves the cable when not secured.

Also see if the cable is bent too sharp and is binding somewhere along the line.

If all that fails, then the next most common problem is some object from the fouth dimension has materialized in the same space/time continuum as your cable. This usually results in a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts. This yields the cable useless. Happened to me twice.