I have a 1991 70 H.P. Nissan motor. Don't know my model number right off, and my boat is still in storage for the winter, but i think my problem is pretty standard for most motors no matter what the model number is (could be wrong). My steering cable has a rod on the motor end of it that goes thru a tube on the motor. Tht rod and tube are dirty and filled with hard crud (old grease)? I watched a video on removing the steering rod from the tube, cleaning it and replacing it back into the tube after I clean it out. I am just curious to see if anyone has done this, and if so, is it as easy as the guy made it look on his video? Looked like not that much to it at all. I am wondering if there is anything that I could do to make things go wrong for me?
I have cleaned the rod almost every time out last year as I can turn the motor so the rod is extended outside the tube, but when I turn the other way so the rod goes into the tube, then turn it out again, the rod is all black again and never seems to want to get clean enough by just doing this. Als saw a video that says to remove the two grease fittings on the tube and shoot some WD-40 or kerosene into the openings to clean the tube out. Worried if I try this the fittings will snap off and break then i would have a problem. Any thought on any of this?? Thanks!
I have cleaned the rod almost every time out last year as I can turn the motor so the rod is extended outside the tube, but when I turn the other way so the rod goes into the tube, then turn it out again, the rod is all black again and never seems to want to get clean enough by just doing this. Als saw a video that says to remove the two grease fittings on the tube and shoot some WD-40 or kerosene into the openings to clean the tube out. Worried if I try this the fittings will snap off and break then i would have a problem. Any thought on any of this?? Thanks!