Hard steering one way

MattB92

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Nov 9, 2019
272
Barrie, Ontario
Boat Info
1997 370 Sundancer
Engines
454 Merc's
Out of nowhere I am having trouble steering to the right when on plane. Going slow it’s not too bad, when in neutral seems completely fine..

Guessing the cable?
Problem is we’re about 25 miles from home for tonight. Plan on getting home early tomorrow morning. How risky is it to try and get home? If the cable snaps I just loose steering and will have to get towed, is that the worst that can happen or is there more damage that could be done?

thanks for any feedback!
 
Make sure you didn’t loose the belt on the motor or that the belt isn’t slipping on the pulley.
 
Well, ended up finding the issue just incase somebody else has the same problem.
Just took a whole quart of ATF under running condition to find it... lol. The cooler for the power steering circuit was pretty hidden, but found a pinhole leak on the 3/8" hose. (See that beautiful red stream in the picture below)

Anybody know why I have 5 hoses going to this cooler? Every diagram I find online only show 4. 2 for water cooling and 2 for hydraulic. You can't see in the picture but there is another fitting exactly like that orangy one on the other end of the cooler

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