I understand they make a special nut that has a grease fitting on it that should keep this steering rod geased and prevent this from happening.
I went to West Marine but they stopped stocking this part. Guess I need to go to a boat dealer to see if they have it.
If I would have found the pipe to be rusted again...... I was going to get a "honner" tool to really cleanup the inside of the pipe.
Jeff..... how you like my vise to straighen the shaft?
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