steering cable help

[ruffduff]

I can't get my steering cable out of the shaft at the seering wheel. I have a 1976 or 77 - 55hp Evinrude. My steering cable rotted and will not work. So, I decided to take it off and take it to a shop. I removed the cable at the motor with not many problems, then went to take the shaft out from beneath the wheel... not enough room between the wheel and the fiberglass. <br /><br />Am I approaching this incorrectly? (please excuse incorrect term usage)<br /><br />1 - approximately 1'4"- 1'8" fixed steel casing with threaded shaft which engages a sprocket at wheel junction. <br />2 - approximately 1'2" room between side of boat and end of housing tube. <br /><br />I figured I could just cut the cable and probably get it out, however, how do I get the same back in without damage???

 

[OBJ]

Re: steering cable help

Hi Ruffduff....<br /><br />Under the dash....do you see a long square or cylindrical tube or a round type gizmo?<br /><br />If it's long square or a cylinder type thing, thats a rack system. there should be about four bolts holding it to the helm assembly. Take these bolts out and the rack will come lose. If it's that round gizmo, that's a *something* (got a brain cramp)....anyway....where the steering cable meets the round gizmo, there should be a nut or someway to disconnect the cable from the housing. Undo this and the steering cable will pull out.