CANT TURN !!

[phester]

hammer, I'm not 100 % sure but I think the grease fitting on the underside is just for the tilt or pivot from the bracket to the motor.....I don't think it will grease the steering arm [???]

[bigshrimpin]

Phester's right the grease nipple doesn't lube the inside of the tilt tube . . . which is what the steering rod travels through. The only way to lube this is to pull the steering out. There's an o-ring under those end nuts that are suppose to seal the grease in . . . after a while the o0rings fail and the grease dries up. The steering get real tight. To fix this . . . you have to ream out the tube.

The #1 solution is hydraulic steering . . . but that's some bucks. Probably $350 on ebay for a used helm, cylinder and a pair lines.

If you want to continue to use mechanical steering . . . I have the external ride glide mount that will bolt onto the front of that motor (4 bolts) and you can adjust the steering . . . by adjusting the length of the tube.

[bigshrimpin]

Did you ever get full range of motion with that steering setup?

[msbhammer]

Bigshrimp:
Dont know if the motor was like this when I got it or not in Dec. The motor was winterized and then never touched during the winter until now.
Whats this tube thing you are talking about that you have ?
You have a picture ?

[Airslot]

Hold on Hammer. Take a 9/16 wrench out to the boat. Undo the nut where the steering link connects to the cable coming out of the tilt tube. After that is undone, see if the motor moves freely side to side. Now see if the wheel turns freely. Now measure the steering link from mounting point to mounting point in a straight line. I'm going home now and I'll measure mine. Check your email for my cell # and call me.

Airslot

[msbhammer]

Looks like its almost fixed. I shot it full of WD-40 and wiped things down to really see what I was looking at. I should degreese the whole engine down, but unsure about taking a hose to the motor afterwards and short things out with my luck.
I took Airslots and Bigshrimp advice and looked around. Bigshrimp mentioned a bracket of some sort you can add, I like to see what you got. Picture if you can. I took off the top arm and the motor moved freely from side to side. I then seen a second place to where I can mount that top control arm. By relocating the arm farther back, it made the motor turn more. Not all the way, but better. My control is 11" and it looks like I need something in the 13 1/2 range, but looking at one of the pictures, I only have 1 1/2 of play left before that sliding arm hits the transom. So it looks like something around 12 1/2 " in a longer arm or see about this type of free glide adapter that Shrimp mentioned. Here are some pics and you can see where I managed to get more turn .
Thanks again for the tips. Tips are so much cheaper then the $85.00 an hour repair shop. ;D
Before Pic.

[msbhammer]

After relocating the control arm. Still not the best, but alot better.

[msbhammer]

Motor is turned much sharper in the other direction.
Damm, she needs a good cleaning on the engine and all.

[msbhammer]

The above picture shows the tube arm all the way exstended. Notice I only have about 1 1/2" before it hits the side of the boat.

[msbhammer]

Picture of moving the control arm farther back to a second hole that I found. Its amazing was happens when you spray $hit down and teh things you find ;D