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Originally Posted by Stinky_Hooker

Thanks so much for the help Ferm. Gonna wait on his settlement and see how it pans out.


Do you think I could pull the arm off? Just the two bolts and its free?

Negative, getting that steering arm off is a job and a half. Basically you have to strip the majority of the engine down. Removing the powerhead is adviseable, but at the minumum you have to pull the lower unit. Remove the 4 bolts that hold the lower mounts to the lower pivot arm. Then pull the upper 2 bolts out and remove the engine from the clamp bracket assembly. Then you get the fun task of removing the large nut from the steering arm and getting that lower bracket off and then slide the whole steering shaft out from the clamp bracket. I would just clean it up, OSPHO it, then prime and paint it.