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| Mad Harold |
Posted - 04 Aug 2019 : 08:46:41
Just aquired a Norman 20 with very stiff steering.I could pump some oil down it,but have been told not to do this as it can destroy the cable lining.Anyone got any advice please?7 |
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| Mad Harold |
Posted - 04 Aug 2019 : 17:53:55
Thanks Cliveshep,I will look to see if is possible to remove the steering cable.
Have got a long list of jobs to do (as always with a new to me boat)
Perspex is well crazed and have already removed front windows.I did this with my last N20 and of course had to drill the frame securing screws out.Side windows drip but I am used to the N20's little tricks.Frequently rain gets in through vents,skylights,roof rails and in my case flagpole mounting and runs inside the double skin and drips from the window frame fooling you into thinking the window is leaking.It usually is,but not always.
Coming back to an N20 after my narrowboat is like meeting an ex girlfriend after a few years that you split up with for no good reason,and realising that you should have stayed with her.
I am looking forward to copius "fettlin" |
| cliveshep |
Posted - 04 Aug 2019 : 15:56:43
Silicone spray lube? Safe for rubber and plastic components.
For me I'd pull the inner out if it can be removed, and rub GP grease over it and put it back together.
If everything is greased and it is still stiff make sure it is the cable and not the outboard swivel that needs freeing off.
I assume it is an outboard? Of course it might be an out-drive but silly me, you did say Norman 20 so I guess an outboard
Digressing, I had a steel boat where the rudder stock was seizing in the steel tube which was packed with cotton waste and grease that had hardened. No matter what I did to it it was really stiff, so I drilled a hole in the top of the tube, squirted diesel into it, heated it up with a blowlamp and worked the rudder head until the diesel permeated the greasy stuffing material.
Drastic treatment but it worked. I then tapped the hole and fitted a grease nipple and pumped a load of grease into it. The rudder stayed loose for years until I sold the boat!
Finally living the dream!
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