Aquasport 17.5 Osprey Steering Problem

[CTsalt12]

Jimbo, were you able to pull the rod out of the tilt tube with the engine in place?  If the rigging port is pretty close to being in line with the tilt tube, the motor doesn't have to come off...

Yes, I was, with ease.  I will say that previous owner had cut a wider hole on the transom boxes for this purpose it looks like.  But it might not even be necessary