CANT TURN !!

msbhammer · #1 05-26-2006, 10:45 PM

Can anybody help me out on this. Hopefully its just a adjustment and not costly. Its my steering. I can turn the motor tight in one direction, but cant the other way.
Here are a few pictures. Any suggestions would be great.

msbhammer · #2 05-26-2006, 10:46 PM

msbhammer · #3 05-26-2006, 10:47 PM

Turn all the way in one direction.

msbhammer · #4 05-26-2006, 10:49 PM

Steering control box,cant figure out what the white cable is on top. Its cut short and doesnt go anywhere. Has a cable that moves in and out through the tube.

msbhammer · #5 05-26-2006, 10:51 PM

Another picture of the motor . Wont turn any farther to the right. ???????

msbhammer · #6 05-26-2006, 10:53 PM

The picture with the steering box, you can only see the white cap, it then has a cable coming out of it thqat then goes into a tube that you cant see.

#7 05-26-2006, 11:23 PM

soak it real good with wd-40 over night where the shaft goes into the coupling and try cleaning it up with steel wool or emery cloth. It looks like salt water corrosion to me..once you get the steering rod sliding back and forth then polish it up real good with steel wool. I would move the motor back and forth by hand rather than the steering wheel and clean all that rusty crap off the shaft so it moves smoothly and remember to keep it shiny ...Frank

msbhammer · #8 05-27-2006, 12:27 AM

Thanks,
will give it a shot. Looks like the shaft could go in farther like two more inches, but stops hard.

Skools Out · #9 05-27-2006, 12:47 AM

that white tube is for the cable when it's turned fully one way. take the white tube off and grease it in the tube.

chumbucket · #10 05-27-2006, 12:48 AM

That "white cable" on the top of your steering box is the end of your steering cable. The end of the cable looks like a flexible acme screw or worm gear that wraps around a drive gear at the back end of you tapered steering wheel post. There is usually a semi transparent (when new) tube that covers the protruding cable end to keep it clean and hold the grease.

The motor end is where your problem lies I would guess from the looks of things. Hate to say it, but it almost looks like that cable needs to come out of the tube and clean both the cable and tube, grease and re-install. I said "Hate to say it", because it's not easy to remove that cable without loosening your motor from the transom. You might get lucky though.