Lubricate Steering System

[Chas]

Doing maintenance on my boat. Everything done except I looked in my Service Manual and it shows the locations to lubricate the steering system on my Alpha w/power steering. Looks easy in the manual. However, I can't see them, let alone get near them. :huh: They are directly behind my engines which take up the width of my boat, and are not accessable from above because the hatch only lifts so far. I don't even know if a small child will fit back there. Anyone with a similar boat or circumstances, please chime in. :smt100

 

[HavingFun]

Good question - I was wondering how to lubricate the shift cable and the steering cable also.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Are you able to lay on the engine and reach over or around? Sometimes you really have to be a contortionist on these boats and just go by feel. Or, maybe take a riser off? Other times, it's worth it to pay someone, you know?

 

[jakebrake]

perhaps a dumb idea, but...Motorcycle clutch cables are a bugger to lube. you can get a device that will puncture the cable housing, and pump grease into the cable itself. can be bought at local harley dealer, and unlike everything else h-d sells, isn't that expensive.