A shotgun bore brush does werk the best, but the brush will get ruined. I have used steel wool, balled-up on the end of a coathanger, with good results. It gets the bore shiny
Steering tube at the motor. I got the rod out, now I am looking for a tool to clean the crud out. Something like I used to use to clean out the barrel of my shotgun, a wire brush on a long rod. Can't find one anywhere, and I was thinking about making one with a wooden dowel. How about solvents? Will mineral spirits be enough? I want to get it clean before installing the new cable. The instructions say not to use additional lubricants, but my gut tells me to grease it well before I install it. <br /><br />Whattaya think?
Forget brush, go get a brake cylinder hone tool. Put it on end of drill and vale'<br /><br />Works very well, Sporting goods store will have your barrel brush and so will Kmart, wally world, It's FALL, hunting season.<br /><br />Good Luck<br /><br /><br />And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air.....gave proof through the night that OUR flag wasw still there!
Thanks guys. A brake cylinder honing tool, can I get one in 5/8? I am assuming that is the ID because that is the size bolt that I used to tap the steering rod out. A 5/8 wooden dowel will slide through, but is pretty close to snug. Can someone confirm that the tube is 5/8 ID to match with the Teleflex steering system. I don't want to hone it out too much.
Kroseman, I have cut the handle off of a plumbers pipe wire brush (round) and put the business end in a drill bit extension. You can then really get the corrosion out with your drill motor and elbow grease. You have the added benefit that you can change the size of the wire brush and the whole thing is probably cheaper than a cylinder hone.
Thanks Paddling,<br /><br />Funny, I went to an Ace Hardware and told "the helpful hardware man" what I was trying to do, and he couldn't come up with anything. I can't believe I didn't think plumbers brush...tubes, pipes...duh.<br /><br />I ended up buying a grill brush that had 2 round brushes the right size, and built a tool using the brush and a 5/8's wooden dowel. It worked ok, but I was thinking on the way to work this morning that using a drill would be MUCH better.
They do make brake wheel cylinder hones with fairly long shanks available at most better auto parts supplier stores. Probably the type of store that might have a machine shop out back. They (the hones) are powered by a drill and come with either abrasive stones, or flap emery cloth type. Use along with solvent sprayed ito the tube constantly while running the drill. <br /><br />If I am correct as to you being the one that had this occur while or after having the motor jarred while in the raised position, and the tube does end up being kinked from the incident, cleaning the tube may not be enough to allow the steering cable to slide easily.<br /><br />Never did I claim to be a technical artist.<br /><br />
Yep....Blaze, that's me. Preliminary diagnostics show the tube to be ok, the rod was just bent on the last couple of inches. Once that broke free, the rest of the rod slid out easily. The 5/8's wooden dowel will slide through the tube with ease, and it is getting better as I get the crud out.<br /><br />But nice drawing!!
Mike, YepBlaze,<br /><br />The honing tool is THE TICKET!!! $10 <br /><br />I found one at an Advance Auto, and it works great!! I should be ready to install the new cable and helm this weekend.<br /><br />Thanks for all the help, and I might not miss the fall kingfish run afterall!!
