Kim,
Those bolts do go through the engine control assembly into the pedestal. Go
get a manual impact driver. They cost from $12-25.
<http://www.sears.com/craftsman-impact-driver/p-00947641000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1>
or
<http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_36882_36882>
When you re-install them, coat them with TefGel. Mine come out easily after
2-3 years because I used TefGel.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: Kim Brown <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:08 AM
>Subject: Stus-List Edson Pedestal
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>I have been shamed into checking and lubing the steering by the crowd.
>Bottom end looks fine- no meat hooks tension seems about right etc. However
>I can't get the machine screws holding the binnacle loose. Upon removing the
>compass, there are four large slotted screws (with plastic/nylon isolating
>washers under their heads. They head down through the bottom of the nice
>chrome can that holds the compass. Next layer of this wedding cake is the
>throttle/shift piece, then a thin slice for the pedestal guard then the
>actual steering pedestal. Does any one know if these screws actually
>thread into the throttle/shift layer or just pass through all the way
>through to steering pedestal itself. Don't see any obvious way to apply
>PBBlaster, heat or other means of persuasion. If I just slice the heads off
>am I going to have enough of a stub to work with or am I likely to have to
>drill them out? Guess I could leave well enough alone but that is just
>asking for failure at an inopportune time....
>Kim Brown
>Trust Me!!! 35-3
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