Steering shot -aftermkt replacement

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by sven

launched today and my steering went. You needed allot of force to turn the wheel last season so I new it was going. Needed to hard turn when docking today and it finaly went (i put alot of force to turn and you could feel it strip -so the steering wheel now turns and the OB doesnt move). Can i replace with one of those steering replacement kits (around $180)? And how easy is the job? My boat is a 1986 V20 w/150 1986 proV Yamaha.

Unless yer up to droppin a grand on hydraulic steering, I'd tell ya to go with the 4.2 No Feed Back from Teleflex...I did one several years back and it's been GREAT!!...not hard to install...you'll probably have to pull your rod-boxes, but I don't recall it being difficult...I was just looking at them in a catalog today...$269.99 and worth every penny...highly recommend you DON'T get one that steers RIGHT everytime you let go of the wheel...dangerous...