Steering becam hard on 92 140 evinrude

[Spenser]

Hello!

I lately i noticed that steering became hard on 92 140hp Evinrude. I do not have power steering, however i noticed that it got in fact much harder. I winterized the boat yesterday, put some grease around the rod that shifts from left to right - did not help. I noticed there is a small bolt that looks like one on car's brakes(http://www.boats.net/parts/search/BRP/EVINRUDE/1992/VE140TLENS/MIDSECTION/parts.html) - is this for grease? May be there are other places where i can apply grease?

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Steering becam hard on 92 140 evinrude

Disconnect the steering from the motor and see if it frees up. If it doesn't, you probably need a new cable. They aren't particularly serviceable and are a wear item.

 

[Spenser]

Re: Steering becam hard on 92 140 evinrude

Thanks! What do i have to do to disconnect the cable?

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Steering becam hard on 92 140 evinrude

You have to pull the whole steering rod out of the tilt tube. It's all one unit.

 

[Spenser]

Re: Steering becam hard on 92 140 evinrude

I ran into a little issue. I pulled the old omc steering cable out, but i also pulled out the tilt tube :facepalm: i did not know it holds the motor, at first the motor did not even move. I came back to check on the boat and found the motor touching the ground and i noticed the brackets in which tilt tube goes, shifted back, so motor was just held by hydraulic lift in center. With help i placed the motor back in place and put the tilt tube back. Did i damage anything? i check the lift, by pulling the motor up and down many times seems to work as before.