Dougie1234
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Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to do some of the suggested maintaince to my 3.0 tks alpha (I'm really new and just learning) and I was wondering if someone could please try and answer a couple of questions for me?
1) The manual says to grease the gimbal bearing but when I look at my boat I don't see the grease fitting that it shows in the manual? Could my drive have some sort of perma lube thing that doesn't need to be greased?
2) In the manual it says in order to grease the steering system there has to be a grease fitting on the steering cable, which mine doesn't have, but the next step says to grease the exposed part of the steering cable (which I found) and lubricate the steering pin (which I also found). Even thou I dont have a grease fitting on the steering cable do I still grese the exposed end and the steering pin? (Sorry probablly a dumb question that I think I already know the answer to but I just want to make sure)
3)I bought the special lubricant 101 (which it says to use on the exposed part of the steering cable) but it looks like a thick paste (not like an oil which is what I would describe is already on the exposed part of the steering cable), does this seem right? It won't "gunk it up"?
4) And last but not least, When I am removing the prop the manual says to lastly remove the thrust hub from the prop shaft but I can't seem to get mine off? Does it come off even though it says it does in th manual...do I need to turn it or something to get it off?
I know I'm asking alot here but any help would be greatly appreciated
I'm trying to do some of the suggested maintaince to my 3.0 tks alpha (I'm really new and just learning) and I was wondering if someone could please try and answer a couple of questions for me?
1) The manual says to grease the gimbal bearing but when I look at my boat I don't see the grease fitting that it shows in the manual? Could my drive have some sort of perma lube thing that doesn't need to be greased?
2) In the manual it says in order to grease the steering system there has to be a grease fitting on the steering cable, which mine doesn't have, but the next step says to grease the exposed part of the steering cable (which I found) and lubricate the steering pin (which I also found). Even thou I dont have a grease fitting on the steering cable do I still grese the exposed end and the steering pin? (Sorry probablly a dumb question that I think I already know the answer to but I just want to make sure)
3)I bought the special lubricant 101 (which it says to use on the exposed part of the steering cable) but it looks like a thick paste (not like an oil which is what I would describe is already on the exposed part of the steering cable), does this seem right? It won't "gunk it up"?
4) And last but not least, When I am removing the prop the manual says to lastly remove the thrust hub from the prop shaft but I can't seem to get mine off? Does it come off even though it says it does in th manual...do I need to turn it or something to get it off?
I know I'm asking alot here but any help would be greatly appreciated