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I recently bought a barely used 2013 Montauk 150 that had been stored inside, under 50 hours. The steering was tight so I thought I could quickly remove and clean cable shaft but there is absolutely no way to to remove the cable that I can see without removing the motor. I tried to pull it out but the shaft will not make the turn down to the boot at the transom. I was able to clean it a little and put some quicksilver marine grease which made it better but not perfect. When I removed the linkage the motor itself was not as easy to move as I thought it should be. I wrongly thought the grease fitting on the pivot tube greased the inner tube but apparently it does not as no grease was put into the inner tube but it did on the outer section.
Do I have to remove motor to change steering cable?