Steering cable DP290

[nads]

My 1988 Sunseeker has been out of the water for 3 months, the steering is extremely heavy when I launched today.

The outdrives have been removed & refitted, but I don't think they're the issue. The pump and solenoids are working. I think the cable may be corroded but to test it, I need to disconnect it from the steering gear to test. Any idea how to remove it? Or a link to the product so I can figure it out?

Pictures below:




The red cable is the steering cable, the threaded part is the rack, when turning the nut, the thread also turns.



The back of the steering wheel (excuse wiring, it's work in progress!)


The red cable is the steering cable, wheel end.


The wheel.


The direction readout, very opaque now, would replace whole wheel if necessary.

 

[spannerman]

The threaded part will turn with the nut tightened, there are two flats on the other side where it passes through the housing so you can hold it still to undo the nut. At the end of the wire there is a clevis pin where it connects to the steering arm from the drive, if you remove this then you can turn the steering lock to lock to check if its heavy, if so you need a new wire up to the helm assuming there is no undue friction in the rack at the helm. If its free then the problem is most likely with the shaft from the arm down to fork outside to the steering helmet which connects to the drive, these have a grease nipple on port side of the steering arm just inside the transom, they can be tricky to get to and often get forgotten.

 

[nads]

The threaded part will turn with the nut tightened, there are two flats on the other side where it passes through the housing so you can hold it still to undo the nut. At the end of the wire there is a clevis pin where it connects to the steering arm from the drive, if you remove this then you can turn the steering lock to lock to check if its heavy, if so you need a new wire up to the helm assuming there is no undue friction in the rack at the helm. If its free then the problem is most likely with the shaft from the arm down to fork outside to the steering helmet which connects to the drive, these have a grease nipple on port side of the steering arm just inside the transom, they can be tricky to get to and often get forgotten.

Thanks for the information. The cable appears to be okay, I think the problem is the clevis pin pictured. It's extremely tight and the arm can't pivot. I'm currently fighting with the split pin... Access not the best! Using my borescope to see from underneath, absolute lifesaver.

 

[nads]

Update in case it helps anyone:
It was the clevis pin circled above. I cleaned it up, greased & working good now.