Managed to strip out the stainless bolt and tiller threads while installing the steering cylinder. The stainless bolt that the required Seastar Spacer kit came with( 2 1/4" 3/8 x 24 thread) isn't so easy to get a hold of. I ordered a helicoil set to rethread the tiller. Wondering why the tiller needs to be threaded in the first place knowing that the cylinder is secured by the lock nut on top any way. Could I just through bolt the new bolt and not worry about rethreading the tiller?
Also, I'm kind of surprised the tiller threads are not metric being a Japanese motor.