steering is done

[bcmarinamanager]

Well, I dropped the boat in the H2O this morning to make sure everything was in working order for our annual lighted flotilla in Wrightsville Beach, and I noticed the steering was a little sticky. So I grabbed the grease gun and did the normal routine. Well, during the course of steering back and forth (at the dock) the wheel snapped over suddenly. It caught again, but the engine only turns to port now. It will steer back to just past center, but I don't trust the wheel. I haven't taken it apart, but I'm sure it's the wheel that's the problem. The shaft that I can see is rusted, and it actually moves now, not just right to left, but up and down and side to side. What a great time for a steering problem!! Anybody run a new cable for a CC V20? I've done it on smaller boats, but I figured if I'm replacing the wheel set-up I might as well replace the cable too. Happy Thanksgiving.