I'm replacing steering the shafts on a pair of 1991 130TLRPs'.
I got one engine apart, fixed and put back together. But now on the second one, I can't get the bolts out of the lower mounts. These are the big bolts that attach to the sides with rubber mounts and go through the lower mount housing at the bottom of the steering arm. (54 on this page's diagram - Yamaha Outboard Parts 1991 130TLRP BRACKET 1 Diagram )
The nuts came off the bolts easily. But the bolts are solid in the mount housing and mounts too. Everything else is off the motor.
Any tricks? I've been spraying with PB for over a week. A BFH only mushrooms the bolt. I'm planning on using a torch to heat it up today. I also was thinking about grinding opposite sides of the threads flat and trying to twist with a whrench. I could sawsall through the mounts to get the bolts cut but I'm trying to spare the mounts ($100).
That's all I got.
I got one engine apart, fixed and put back together. But now on the second one, I can't get the bolts out of the lower mounts. These are the big bolts that attach to the sides with rubber mounts and go through the lower mount housing at the bottom of the steering arm. (54 on this page's diagram - Yamaha Outboard Parts 1991 130TLRP BRACKET 1 Diagram )
The nuts came off the bolts easily. But the bolts are solid in the mount housing and mounts too. Everything else is off the motor.
Any tricks? I've been spraying with PB for over a week. A BFH only mushrooms the bolt. I'm planning on using a torch to heat it up today. I also was thinking about grinding opposite sides of the threads flat and trying to twist with a whrench. I could sawsall through the mounts to get the bolts cut but I'm trying to spare the mounts ($100).
That's all I got.
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