It is available in cable lengths from 10 feet up to 20 feet too.
Outboard motor steering cable stuck.
If the inside of the tilt tube is also corroded you may consider replacing it too.
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Replacing your steering cable.
The tilt tube is an engine component through which the steering cable runs.
One of the more serious problems involves a freeze up or locked position when the motor refuses to turn at all.
The stainless steel cable is seized in the tilt tube.
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First remove the nut from where the teleflex cable attaches to the motor starboard side.
While the end of the tilt tube and the entry point of the cable are sealed off with valves the former receives a lot of saltwater.
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Outboard marine motors can suffer a number of maladies that cause hard starting or no start conditions but they usually turn over via the pull start or electric starter.
I started a program of spray wait beat and repeat for a few days.
This way you can get penetrating oil into the steering tube from that end as well.
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The best repair tool and technique for a steering component which has corroded and is stuck in the tilt tube of the outboard motor is your checkbook and a replacement part.
Your steering won t move freely if the cables are stuck in the tilt tube.
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Here s what i used.
Locked up motors result from long.