Re: Frozen Steering Teleflex
Heya Geek , we live pretty close to each other....where do you boat ? When I have a usable boat , I dunk it in the Delaware river....Linden Ave. A public ramp...near Ben Salem...I hope to splash my current project (pictured below)in a month or so ...Gods be willing...lol
Hi Stachi,
When my boat is 100% ready to go, I keep on the trailer at my house in Cape May County NJ. That way, wherever the fishing is good I can trailer to a launching ramp that is the closest to the hot spots. It spends the winter in my driveway in Doylestown Township. No excuse for letting the steering getting frozen like I did! That won't happen again.
As to the suggestion about taking the cable and steering mechanism apart and cleaning out all of the Kroil, PB Blaster, ATF etc. I think that is a good suggestion. I have already pulled the cable and ram out of the tilt tube and cleaned the tilt tube with a spiral wire brush. I don't know if everyone is familiar with "Fluid Film" but many marine service organizations including large scale ocean shipping organizations say that it is the best salt water anti-corrosive lubricant on the market. Where I buy it is a local tractor dealer/service shop and they swear by it. One thing I am sure of. If I forced FF into the ram and tilt tube to the point of having it come out of the helm, which I did, there will be no better cleaning job I could do!! How did I know all of the snake oil is out of the cable. The prior lubricant I forced into the tilt tube before FF was ATF. As you know, ATF Dexron is bright red. When the red was gone so was the crud and penetrants.
Geek