Thanks for the advice everyone. I think I will just but the bullet and buy a new kit. Im tired of this 25ft boat walking at 85+mph on cable steering :lolhit:

cable steering at 85 . better bite the bullet .before you bite the dash n water !! hope youre wearing your life jacket :party-smiley-004:

If anyone is interested, I have a Bravo dual ram wingplate and transom mounts and a pair of through hull fittings for sale. Also, I built my own setup and have part numbers for everything you need to save alot of cash. All hydraulic steering parts work the same as long as that is what they are intended for. You don't have to have "marine parts" to work the same.

What do you want for the wing plate and maybe the transom mount(but that is easy to make)!

Ive built many hydro steering setups for jeeps and rock crawlers.

can someone shot me a lead on a stainless ram the black painted ones i used on jeeps im sure will not hold up.

here's were i get most of my hydro stuff (used to be cheaper but the site got popular with the offroad guys and there prices went up a bit)

http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...name=hydraulic

Please send me the parts list.

I have a set of new cylinders if your interested.$550 each.

What brand? what size stroke and bore? and do you have any pics?

Found this nice chart too!

They are 8"stroke and have the cleavices with bushings. They are KS cylinders. I have been running a set for 3 years trouble free. They work with Imco cap and transome brackets.

I paid a lot, I really mean a lot for my full system.. I do not know if that contributes or not, but I can easily steer the boat without the power steering pump running. But then with the pump running, pinky finger is all it takes to steer. At speed, it stays heading exactly straight even crossing waves, drives are rock solid. And these are heavy TRS units. It is a full Latham system. I had it installed when the shop was doing other things to the drives, transmissions, adding thermostatic oil coolers.