remote kicker steering

Hi I"m trying to hook up my kicker to steer from my helm
the ez steer I have now means I have to lean off the back of my motors to hook up which is way to dangerous.
the way my main and kicker are located on my transom means hooking up a mechanical rod is impractical.
so I'm looking at a Panther or Python. they would work but my budget does not allow a $grand.

so i'm looking at a linear actuator, looks like it'll work at way less cost but i'm looking for ideas on how to hook it all up.

I've a 2014 Yamaha 8hp kicker with tiller steer
I figure I can mount the linear actuator to the two stainless hex bolts (longer) in the picture below.
now I"m looking for ideas on how to hook up the actuator to the motor itself

any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1gaEEN6txI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNcnYEYNs6Q

eric80 said:

Hi I"m trying to hook up my kicker to steer from my helm
the ez steer I have now means I have to lean off the back of my motors to hook up which is way to dangerous.
the way my main and kicker are located on my transom means hooking up a mechanical rod is impractical.
so I'm looking at a Panther or Python. they would work but my budget does not allow a $grand.

so i'm looking at a linear actuator, looks like it'll work at way less cost but i'm looking for ideas on how to hook it all up.

I've a 2014 Yamaha 8hp kicker with tiller steer
I figure I can mount the linear actuator to the two stainless hex bolts (longer) in the picture below.
now I"m looking for ideas on how to hook up the actuator to the motor itself

any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1gaEEN6txI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNcnYEYNs6Q

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I personally don't like linking a kicker's steering to the main engine or the primary steering although many people do it. If you have a steering failure that renders your main engine useless and it's cocked when it fails you can find yourself on the water trying to disconnect the kicker from a tie bar or hydraulic linkage tied into the same hydraulic steering so you don't putt around in circles. I say leave the kicker independent so it can be lowered, fired up, and then steer with the main engine allowing it to act as a rudder. Given a steering failure, you can tilt the main engine up out of the water and still steer with the kicker handle alone that has remained independent... it's not like your going to be going fast or bounce out the back of the boat running on an 8HP kicker.