Cable vs. Hydraulic Steering

  • Kevin Valento (Atlas Marine Insurance)
    Posts: 30
    April 26, 2016 at 4:28 pm #1615816

    Looking for feedback on upgrading from cable steer to hydraulic steer on 18.5 Stratos with 150 Evinrude. Cable steer seems really stiff especially at lower speeds. Everything checks out just fine?

    Thanks!

    deertracker
    Posts: 9249
    April 26, 2016 at 6:33 pm #1615829

    How old is the cable? It is usually pretty easy to replace the cable but upgrading to hydraulic would be totally worth it.
    DT

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 4947
    April 26, 2016 at 6:35 pm #1615831

    What do you want to know?

    bassn7
    Bruce,WI
    Posts: 776
    April 26, 2016 at 6:48 pm #1615832

    Up grade and never look back I did and couldn’t be happier
    Stan toast

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 18311
    April 27, 2016 at 8:05 am #1615886
    bassn7 wrote:

    Up grade and never look back I did and couldn’t be happier
    Stan toast

    agree 100%

    SuperDave1959
    Harrisville, UT
    Posts: 2816
    April 27, 2016 at 8:48 am #1615894

    Cable = manual steering and hydraulic = power steering. There is no comparison in performance and ease of steering between the 2. The hydraulic does come with some maintenance issues. The rear seals tend to leak after a few years and need to be replaced but not extremely difficult to do.

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