[Kracker Jack]

The steering ARM that is showing in picture one I had one locked up like that one time and I put abolt thru it to hook a ratchet strap to the ARM and to a tree beside the boat I put light pressure on the rachet strap and had my dad trying to turning the motor the same direction at the lower unit also. And I did light taps on the ARM with a hammer in the direction of the pulling and it broke lose slowly. Take your time don't rush it. Light taps with steady pressure will go a long way. The powerhead should not have to come off to get to the transom bracket and all other tilt and pivot areas. Remove the lower unit and the 2 bolts that attach the "wishbone" end of the steering ARM to the mid section, remove the 2 side plates on the mid section down buy the lower unit they will expose 4 ss bolts that attach the lower part of the whole transom bracket to the mid section,then remove the 1 1/4 nut at bottom of pivot shaft to remove it from the transom bracket then clean and grease and reinstall. It sounds like a lot but if you are tuning her up you need to remove lower unit to replace water pump and seals. I just went thru this process to put my whole transom bracket back on my evinrude.