Steering cable

[zubol]

Guys,

I again need your advice...
I cannot take off steering cable from my engine. I look like it jams.
I unscrewed cable from the engine and wanted to check why it did not move. I tried to push and pull the cable but metal pipe did not move even for an inch.

Any idea how to replace it?

[Barrowboy]

Originally Posted by zubol

Guys,

I again need your advice...
I cannot take off steering cable from my engine. I look like it jams.
I unscrewed cable from the engine and wanted to check why it did not move. I tried to push and pull the cable but metal pipe did not move even for an inch.

Any idea how to replace it?

I'm not a mechanic but I'd have a block of wood and a lump hammer on the end of it by now....

[zubol]

Originally Posted by Barrowboy

I'm not a mechanic but I'd have a block of wood and a lump hammer on the end of it by now....

I've already tried but just do not want to damage anything..

[Starovich]

I had this, tried hammers of various sizes, ended up wd40 overnight then using heat on the front of the tube and a then some moderate persuasion with a wooden mallet

[zubol]

Originally Posted by Starovich

I had this, tried hammers of various sizes, ended up wd40 overnight then using heat on the front of the tube and a then some moderate persuasion with a wooden mallet

Will try and let you know

[paintman]

WD40 is great for water displacement but a waste of time for unseizing things.
Use a proper penetrating fluid, Plus-Gas, Loctite 'Freeze and Release', even diesel fuel works surprisingly well.
Heat may well be your friend used in conjunction with one of the above.
What looks like a white powder round the end suggests that its seized into the tube.
Take your time & be patient, its unlikely to pop out at the first go. DON'T try & force it by turning the wheel as its possible to damage the helm.
Once its out, a phosphor bronze shotgun cleaning brush is handy to clean out the tube - a 12 bore one fits my Mercury's tubes nicely
Use plenty of lubricant when you re-fit the steering cable.

[whisper]

You need to heat it up to melt the hard grease, try hot water, you'll never get it out if you bend it by hitting it.

[Barrowboy]

Originally Posted by whisper

You need to heat it up to melt the hard grease, try hot water, you'll never get it out if you bend it by hitting it.

There speaks the voice of common sense and experience!

The time you've spent in Biffer's company lately is beginning to show!

[SimonCh]

attach it again and trim down!

[zubol]

I have tried all your tricks and tips but unfortunately, still without success...
Anyone? Anything else?

[boristhebold]

Try penetrating fluid lots of it and it will work, probably salt build up, as an example I recently went to change the Anode that is bolted under the engine bracket, initial resistance on the nuts but then they all undid, problem was I had broken each one of the 4 bolts in half, luckily there was about 1 cm of each protruding out from the bolt holes so plenty of wd40 later and they all came out. And know I have had to order 4 more from yamaha. Point is I was surprised by all the salt build up which had stuck the bolts. I will know next time to seal the bolt heads slightly with rubber compound stuff on a bit of the thread and if taking off will use some wd40 or the like first to get salt off.

[simon23]

Can you put a long piece of threaded rod through a piece of over sized tube and through the steering tube nuts and washers on each end and draw it out? Obviously with all of the above.

[simon23]

Sorry thought it was the tube not the cable

[simon23]

Last resort cut the cable off and drift it through