Hello, everyone! New to this forums; was referred here by someone...
I'll try to make a long story short... I bought a 86 Bayliner Capri with AQ125B on Craigslist, that later turned out to be "not as advertised". According to seller I only needed to get 1 part that would connect steering to outdrive to make this boat working; and besides that only finish little interior work. After fixing ignition, finding water in crankcase, finding fuel tank full of water, then cleaning and fixing everything I got the engine running.
Now I'm trying to get the outdrive working. I'm new to these I/O motors, and relatively new to boating in general. So far I figured out that original 270 outdrive has been swapped with 280. Drive shaft was already connected, I just had get clamp for the rubber boot... and for exhaust boot too. I figured out how to connect the shifter cable, just had to get couple small parts.
Now, the real pain-in-the-a** was getting the right parts connect steering. New parts seems like they're made out of gold because they cost insane amount of money. So, I've picked some parts on eBay. I went through 2 yokes, 2 helmets & 3 different shoulder bolts to find what will fit. I think I still need some sort of bushing that fits between the helmet and the shoulder bolt, right? Because the way it sits now it seem a bit loose. Can someone help me figure out what part number bushing I need?
My shoulder bolt is #832716.
Couple of different bushings I found on parts list are 814641
(it doesn't look right because it has threads) and 839697 
(not sure about this one either because it is curved).
I'll try to make a long story short... I bought a 86 Bayliner Capri with AQ125B on Craigslist, that later turned out to be "not as advertised". According to seller I only needed to get 1 part that would connect steering to outdrive to make this boat working; and besides that only finish little interior work. After fixing ignition, finding water in crankcase, finding fuel tank full of water, then cleaning and fixing everything I got the engine running.
Now I'm trying to get the outdrive working. I'm new to these I/O motors, and relatively new to boating in general. So far I figured out that original 270 outdrive has been swapped with 280. Drive shaft was already connected, I just had get clamp for the rubber boot... and for exhaust boot too. I figured out how to connect the shifter cable, just had to get couple small parts.
Now, the real pain-in-the-a** was getting the right parts connect steering. New parts seems like they're made out of gold because they cost insane amount of money. So, I've picked some parts on eBay. I went through 2 yokes, 2 helmets & 3 different shoulder bolts to find what will fit. I think I still need some sort of bushing that fits between the helmet and the shoulder bolt, right? Because the way it sits now it seem a bit loose. Can someone help me figure out what part number bushing I need?
My shoulder bolt is #832716.
Couple of different bushings I found on parts list are 814641
(it doesn't look right because it has threads) and 839697 (not sure about this one either because it is curved).