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  1. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I don't have a smart phone but I'll see if there's something I can do. Ordered a spray can of Corrosion Block from Amazon this morning. Probably won't see it till the end of May but thats OK, with the fishing reports I'm seeing I probably won't be using the boat much till then anyway. I can see...
  2. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Thanks Bobfish, just to clarify when you say you sprayed corrosion block into that area, do you mean the grease fitting you placed into the top of the pivot tube? On my Mercury Optimax the engine bracket at the very top of the pivot tube is also flaking rust. I'm assuming the upper nylon bushing...
  3. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    So I cleaned out the hose of my grease gun the best I could, loaded it with penetrating oil and allowed the grease in the cartridge to push the penetrating oil into the pivot tube fitting. I am able to rotate the engine back and forth but still not as good as I was hoping for. I'm hoping that...
  4. Loonzter

    What lube for that tube?

    Thanks Roccus7 I'll give this a shot.
  5. Loonzter

    What lube for that tube?

    So I have another thread going, tbl with a sticky pivot tube. I am curious what lube most of you use for the grease fittings on the tilt tube and the pivot tube of your outboard engines. I'm tempted to use the bearing grease that I use on my trailer's wheel hubs. However, I recently changed the...
  6. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I've got another question, what grease you most of you use when greasing the tilt tube or pivot tube on your engine? Do you use the same grease you would use on your wheel bearings or something different?
  7. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Cany, the penetrating oil injected with a grease gun was just one thing I saw on youtube. I'm hoping for suggestions to try and resolve my problem. The videos I watched regarding pivot tube issues explained the most probable cause was corrosion not dried grease. It would seem logical to work up...
  8. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I assume it could be removed and replaced, however my fitting is on top of the pivot tube and there is no fitting at the bottom. I would feel reluctant to introduce a degreaser into an area that needs lubrication and could not be flushed out. I would think anything injected into the pivot tube...
  9. Loonzter

    Are they or are they not circle hook test.

    Well, if the hook is offset it can still hook anywhere in the fish (stomach). When the eye is offset the tension of the leader would be straight in line with the shank. In essence pulling the hook straight. Snelling a hook is not rocket science, in fact there are so many different ways anglers...
  10. Loonzter

    Are they or are they not circle hook test.

    From what I've read you do not want an octopus style hook. Using a circle hook with no offset eye allows you to thread the leader from the inside out through the eye. Thats from the hook point side of the hook eye out the other side before snelling. Doing this turns the hook 'in' when under...
  11. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    Thank you for your input, this is disheartening to say the least. I own one of those small grease guns you can get from Harbor Freight. I use it to grease the wheel bearings. I suppose I'll need an empty grease cartridge to allow the plunger to force the penetrating oil into the pivot tube...
  12. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    My trouble it not the tube the steering cable passes through, its the vertical pivot tube. After removing the steering cable from the motor I pushed the engine left and right and experienced significantly resistance. I'm assuming the stiffness is the result of dried grease or corrosion, or both...
  13. Loonzter

    Sticky steering advice

    I could really use some advice, my 2009 115 Optimax steering is very stiff. I removed the steering cable and found the trouble to be the motor's pivot tube. You tube shows this as being a very costly repair at the mechanics shop. I was hoping I might acquire some sound advice that could help me...
  14. Loonzter

    Powder painting lead jigs

    Well with bucktails at 4-5 bucks a piece spending $40 for a mold doesn't take to long to break even if you've got the lead. For me its just one more fun thing to do between seasons.
  15. Loonzter

    Powder painting lead jigs

    I didn't know John's dad had passed, or that he sold Terminal tackle. Thats where I purchased my do-it molds to make my leadheads. The jigs I've been banging out are the Ultra Minnows (Spro look alikes) 1/2 - 4oz (2 separate molds) and the Smiling Bills 1/8-3/4oz. Its a bit of a ride for me but...
  16. Loonzter

    Powder painting lead jigs

    I've never used liquid paint only the powder paint and I heat my jigs up with a heat gun not a torch. They never get near to melting just hot enough to melt the powder paint after being dipped. After dipping I hang them on a dowel to cool. When I've finished painting a batch I put them into a...
  17. Loonzter

    Powder painting lead jigs

    I picked up some nice skirts at the Ward Melville show to try on my leadheads, like you mentioned its a different way to dress the jig instead of bucktail. I'll tell ya, using a fluid bed to aerate the powder paint really allows you to put a thin, even layer of paint on the jig. I get it, you...
  18. Loonzter

    Powder painting lead jigs

    Sooo I've got a couple of questions regarding powder painting leadheads for bucktails. I made myself several fluid beds (diffetent colors) which makes it seem like dipping the heated leadheads into liquid paint, beautiful even coat of paint. I use a small length of wire the size of the hook eye...
  19. Loonzter

    Tightening up screw holes

    Thanks DT, I purchased a large amount of Marine Tex from Amazon (forgot how many ounces). I was planning on doing the teak on my boat for the first time in many years. Aside from the look not lasting through the full season the other reason I got away from doing it was each time I remove the...
  20. Loonzter

    Floating docks at Brookhaven ramp sites

    Received a message yesterday that the ramps at forge river are ready to use.

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