I had a 94 Force with a bad tilt tube, I thought I was going to have to slide out one tube and sneak the other one in, nope. The tilt tube wasn't what was holding the motor on, you might have the same setup. If so I highly recommend replacing the whole tube as this one is going to be scored, rusted, dirty, etc after all you have done to it.
-Svence
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1984 V-20 Steplift
1998 Johnson 175
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