Need Help guys.....Dual Engine Steering linkage (tie bar)

DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
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Trying to align my engines, they are toed in a quite bit.....been that way since I bought the boat. In the picture below, is the white rod supposed to spin around the threaded piece with the nut? I can't get it to spin (yes I took the pin out) and don't want to break anything.
No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,462 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's above my pay grade...
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  • DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
    Anybody?????
    No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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  • earl1z19earl1z19 Member Posts: 344 ✭✭✭
    The 2 outer pieces are called heim Joints. They are both threaded. 1 clockwise thread and 1 counter clockwise threads just like a tie rod on your car. Back off the locking nuts and spin the white tube to get your desired alignment. Be careful not to wind them out too far . You want several threads in the white tube on each side. Tighten down the locking nuts when you are done. I dont know how the alignment is to be set but the function of the tie bar is simple
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  • DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
    earl1z19 said:
    The 2 outer pieces are called heim Joints. They are both threaded. 1 clockwise thread and 1 counter clockwise threads just like a tie rod on your car. Back off the locking nuts and spin the white tube to get your desired alignment. Be careful not to wind them out too far . You want several threads in the white tube on each side. Tighten down the locking nuts when you are done. I dont know how the alignment is to be set but the function of the tie bar is simple
    That's what I thought but I can't spin the white tube, I even used a pipe wrench and it won't budge.
    No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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  • earl1z19earl1z19 Member Posts: 344 ✭✭✭
    That may explain why it is toed in now. Someone may have booger-ed up the treads the last time they messed with it. You may need to pop the whole assembly off and adjust it on a bench or at least see why it is not adjustable
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe try some penetrating oil on the threads?
    2008 330EC
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  • DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    Maybe try some penetrating oil on the threads?
    I did...I let it soak for 2 days to no avail.
    No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Heat?
    2008 330EC
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    Heat?
    On the bench that is.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Also could the treads be bottomed out in the tube?
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, heat will be my next try but at this point, I think I'll wait until it goes back on the hard. Boat is being put in the water this Friday and the weather between now and then is crappy so I won't be able to get in there.
    No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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  • DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
    reneechris14 said:
    Also could the treads be bottomed out in the tube?
    It won't turn either way.
    No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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