Seized steering

[phatdaddy]

mj's right, if you take a punch or a piece of steel rod and pound the end of the steering cable out of the tube(you said you cut the cableoff at the nut) you can clean it up pretty easily. on the other issue, yo might try putting a wood block under the skeg and having someoneraise and lower the trailer tongue slightly to put a little pressure on it, if you get movement up and down, then shoot it with some pb blaster. heat is your friend, but when appling heat to aluminum, it can go bad real quick.
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good luck