Rack and pinion steering

[R19]

I have not heard of many people that have had trouble out of the rack and pinion. 99% of the time tight steering will be fixed buy replacing the steering cables. That is not a very hard job if you are comfrtoable working on your our equipment.

R19

[ukbassman]

How expensive is it to replace those cables? I just bought a Stratos 285 xl pro and the steering is rather tight, even on plane it is a little tighter than I would like it. Not dangerous tight, but not comfortable either.

Thanks in advance,
UKbassman

[R19]

I had a friend that had tight steering and he said a new set of cables made a wolrd of differance. If my memory is correct the price was around $200 for a 200hp merc. I had another friend that changed them on a 150 Yamaha and if my memory is correct they were $250. I dont know why such the differance in price but I do remember the yamaha cost more. I have hydrulic steering...no cables but alot more $ to fix if I ever have a problem.

[MsgMills]

I completely changed the steering cables on my uncles 85 Mercury, that is on his Pontoon and it was a piece of cake. I had never even messed with anything like it before, you can't mess it up. Unhook everything and put the new ones on and then adjust as needed to make sure you can turn right and left the fullest extent you want... I believe about any type of shade tree mechanic can do the job...Save some money and do it yourself, buy the cables you need and install them....