My buddy has a 20ft sea ray with a mercruiser 350 motor in it and I was with him once when he spun his hub and it felt the same way as what mine...
The cable is moving the linkage. The more and more I think about it all I am almost positive it's the rubber hub. Going to take the prop off...
Also when I grabbed the hoses it felt like a crunching sound like there was rust build up in the hose. Also the power steering is leaking out red...
Okay so I just bought this 1992 maximum 18ft boat with a 4.3 mercruiser in it. The boat has only been ran in the guys drive way this past summer...