50381-ZZ5-000 Honda Marine Steering Tilt Tube | Genuine OEM Outboard Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Honda Stern Bracket Tilting Shaft - Part Number: 50381-ZZ5-000

A genuine Honda tilting shaft used through the stern-bracket pivot on compatible portable and mid-range outboards. Although commonly called a steering or tilt tube, Honda catalogues it as the shaft that supports and aligns the engine's tilt-pivot assembly.

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Honda stern-bracket tilting shaft
• Precision-machined bearing and bushing surfaces
• Supports the engine tilt pivot and stern-bracket alignment
• Corrosion-resistant service component for the ZZ5 bracket family

🚤 Compatibility

Commonly used on

• Honda BF8D and BF9.9D
• Honda BF15D and BF20D
• Honda BF25D and BF30D
• Honda BF35A, BF40A/BF40D, BF45A and BF50A/BF50D
• Only stern-bracket revisions whose diagram specifies 50381-ZZ5-000 or its listed predecessors

Typically suits

• HP Range: 8-50 HP across verified bracket families
• Engine Type: Portable or mid-range four-stroke outboard stern-bracket assembly
• Year Range: Model and bracket revision dependent
• Serial / Identification Range: Confirm the complete model, shaft length, stern-bracket casting and frame serial. This part is the tilt-pivot shaft and is not automatically interchangeable with a cable-steering tube.

🔌 Function

Forms the main pivot axis on which the outboard tilts, keeping the swivel and stern brackets aligned while carrying engine weight and trim loads.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Engine is difficult to tilt or binds through its travel
• Excessive side movement at the stern-bracket pivot
• Shaft is corroded, grooved or seized in the bushings
• Uneven bracket alignment or damaged retaining surfaces

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 50381-ZZ5-000 → later Honda tilting-shaft reference
• 50381-ZV5-010 → earlier related shaft
• 50381-ZV5-000 → original related shaft reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• 50381-ZZ5-000
• 50381ZZ5000
• 50381-ZV5-010
• 50381-ZV5-000

Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

• No verified direct aftermarket equivalent

📦 Condition

• Genuine Honda Marine OEM part
• Brand new
• Supplied in genuine Honda or equivalent protective packaging