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Dersu

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The boat is 17' 1988 sunbird with a 1988 Evinrude. The steering is always stiff, but if I turn the wheel all the way or close to all the way to the right, it takes serious muscle to turn it back. I have greased and regreased every moving part and it does not seem to help. I am looking for ideas to troubleshoot and fix this issue.
 

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Had same prob,have to disconnect the cable by taking it out of the of the tilt tube.
Then turn the wheel and see if it is stiff, if it is then it is the cable ,if not, then it is rust in the tilt tube and needs to be honed out or replaced .
I went with replacing the whole steering with hydraulic steering witch bypassed the tilt tube.

P.S
Loso check the outboard turns freely when disconnected from the steering arm.
 
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