steering arrangement

[zoso]

Well since my last post, owner had the boat out 2wks ago and lost steering a few times because the turn buckles became unhooked. on the way back in, it happened again and he had to beach the bow.
Now the steering tube/bracket is bolted to the transome.
we found the key in the steering wheel to be plastic and was slipping, now its metal and no slippage, my guess is this is why the original owner had the turn buckles, to prevent slippage? of the steering wheel when steering the motor.