Unable to turn motor

[Carl]

Sorry Blue,

Here's what I did - I removed the nut that holds the steering cable to the tilt tube and sprayed WD-40 in the tilt tube. I then removed the large nut on the port side of the tilt tube. The 2 large nuts that hold the tilt tube, are self locking and do not move that easily. That I believe helped in rotating the tilt tube slightly and also spraying the WD-40 I was able to free up the steering cabel inside the tilt tube. I did not see any rust come out of the tilt tube, just a lot of dry grease and dirt. After everything was loose, I fully extended the end of the steering cable (rod end that's in the tilt tube with both sides disconnected) and put grease in the tilt tube and on the end of the steering cable. You can't really get a lot of grease in there, so I did it about 5 times, each time reconnecting the steering cable nut and turning the steering wheel from stop to stop a few times to disperse the grease throughout the tilt tube. I then buttoned everything back up. It took about 2 hours from start to finish.

I can post pictures tonight if that would help.

Carl