I had my steering cable seize on me last fall and broke my steering box. I had both replaced and continued fishing as usual for the rest of the season. Now that it is spring time a much warmer I noticed that my steering is way too lose. I have a hard time putting on my transom saver as the motor wants to fall over. Chit even just the torque of starting the motor ( 115HP) will make the steering wheel do a full lap. I can't let go of the stearing wheel at any time while trolling, how am I supossed to fish? Please someone tell me what I can do to stiffen the damn thing up, and please I was already told to fill the cable with water so to make it rust. Right now I have setup a bungee cord to hold the steering wheel while I am out of water but there is no way I can do that every time I want to check/clean lines. Naturaly the guys at the shop told me there is nothing they can do. :( Should I try to replace the steering cable or steering box? would it make any difference? I also found some grey greese coming out of the cable at the box as I was looking for a ajustment screw or something. Does this mean I already have water in there? Thanks for the help. P.S. this probably belongs in the boat and motor board but this is urgent. |