Steering

[Destroyer]

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]

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

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by steplift20

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

The rubber is more than a cushion... it's also a friction material with a higher coefficient of friction than just plain smooth metal on smooth metal.
(Like you would have by just clamping on the tube with bare Channel-locks). Put another way, it will hold better with less clamping force needed, which means less chance of bending the tube or damaging the threads.

Also, if you have a heat gun (NOT A TORCH) you might want to apply a little heat to the NUT first before you try to loosen it. The heat will make the nut expand slightly (a few thousandths of an inch), and at the same time, if there is any dried grease on the threads it will help soften it, making it easier to spin off the nut. (In much the same way that running a stuck jar lid under hot water helps loosen it so you can unscrew it).