The first time I had to work on the stearing rod was 5 or 6 years ago. Boat stearing was very hard when turning the stearing wheel.
The "pipe" on the engine that the stearing rod goes through was full of rust. This pipe & rod is not made to be greased.....ie.... no way to inject grease. I had to beat the stearing rod to get it out. Then I cleaned out as much rust as I could get out. I greased it up really good and put it back together. This worked good for several years until the stearing rod got bent from hitting too many logs going too fast.
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