Steering - Page 2

Destroyer · #11 05-01-2016, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by steplift20

I had the same problem years ago I am guessing a zerk is also a grease fitting? The only advice I can give you about that is when I did mine and turned the engine all the way to one side( the fitting was on the port side) the motor hit it it was a good thing I could get a flush mounted fitting and got the head to use for it to so make sure your engine won't hit it oh also it worked got the grease to come out the top too

Yes, Zerk fitting and Grease fitting are the same thing. Also called a grease nipple or an Alemite fitting.

Troutkiller2006 · #12 05-01-2016, 04:59 PM

never changed the steering cable on a v20 but i did it once a long time ago on a bayliner capris. dont remember any issues getting it off the motor. i tied a piece of parachute cord to the old cable, pulled it out, measured it, got a new one then used the cord to pull the new one in

13Echo70271 · #13 05-01-2016, 07:45 PM

Thanks Skunk n SLv20. I will let you know how it works out. I had a bit of success putting more pressure on the grease by stopping the grease from coming out at the bottom. I used a strip of rubber inner tube wrapped around the bottom and held tight in place with a hose clamp. The clamp ultimately fails to keep the grease in under increasing pressure, but I think it is taking a bit more pressure and grease each time. A bit of wd40 topside at the joint and pushing the motor side to side each time to help move the wd40 and grease around. No grease at the top yet. we'll see.

It looks like there is enough material there to recess a zerk a bit, giving it more clearance when the motor swivels. the plan is to drill a 3/16 pilot all the way, looking for change in material coming out. then drill zerk hole maybe 1/2 way, then drill larger 5/8" recess hole to fit grease gun onto zerk maybe 1/4" deep. Or maybe i'll take the surface down flat a bit with a grinder to get more room.

13Echo70271 · #14 06-24-2016, 08:02 AM

update . the wd40 sprayed weekly onto top has seeped in and has loosened the steering. I am seeing a mix of wd40 and a bit of grease at the joint now, and the motor moves freely side to side. I hope with time and an occasional spray of wd40 there, that I start to see more grease, less wd40, until I don't need the wd40 any more. I did not add a zerk (yet, waiting to see).

steplift20 · #15 06-25-2016, 07:43 AM

I was talking to a marine mechanic and he told me I should clean the pivot tube and pack it with 2 4 c grease Does that sound right, I'm thinking the grease would gunk up after time

13Echo70271 · #16 06-25-2016, 09:11 AM

I apply grease to the pivot tube grease fitting until I see grease coming out top and bottom. Mine is old and I don't know if there ever were seals. But, if a set-up has rubber seals (like balls joints on a vehicle, I only apply grease until I see the seal bulge a bit. More and you can burst the rubber seal and it will let water in.
Once there is grease throughout, most fittings only require 1-2 squirts of grease when greasing is done on a regular schedule.
I added bright color zerk covers, as they remind me to grease and they make it easier for me to find the fittings when I am looking for them.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...covers&_sop=15

btw can anyone explain marine grease vs car grease? Is it really that different?

steplift20 · #17 06-26-2016, 03:24 PM

I disconnected the cable from the helm and the helm seems fine so it's the cable, do you guys think that if I can some how get the cable to free up it would be good or should I get a new cable. If I get a new cable it's going to be hard to install it cause I think I have to remove the motor What would you do?

steplift20 · #18 07-21-2016, 07:30 PM

Destroyer I hot the steersmen nut but I can't get the port side bolt off, did you have a problem getting yours off? When I turn the bolt the whole tube turns too, how do I hold the tube from turning? Thanks

Destroyer · #19 07-22-2016, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by steplift20

Destroyer I hot the steersmen nut but I can't get the port side bolt off, did you have a problem getting yours off? When I turn the bolt the whole tube turns too, how do I hold the tube from turning? Thanks

I'm a little stumped. Mine have never given me a problem,. All of them have just unscrewed like they should have.

Seems to me that if you unscrew the starboard side nut you should be able to slide the whole tube assembly towards the port side. (Use a brass or urethrae hammer to gently tap it sideways) That should buy you about a half inch or more of exposed threads. I'd take a pair of channel locks put a piece of bike inner tube on each jaw so you don't muck up the threads and try to clamp the tube right next to the port side nut while you back off the port side nut. Unless it's been cross-threaded it should unscrew easily enough.

steplift20 · #20 07-22-2016, 01:30 AM

That's a good idea, I'm just afraid of bending the tube but if I use rubber as a cushion that should help me and honestly I'm scared of screwing something up cause right now with the new cable it's so easy I don't want to mess anything up but I should be able to do that, dam it I had it moved over before and didn't even think of doing that Oh well I will do it now I just hope it turns cause now it don't