Recent purchase with some questions

[Lyndonious]

Hello,

I just purchased a 2006 24ve. The boat sat for a few years before I purchased. I had the dealer run through and it was good to go.

The steering is very tough turning left and fairly easy to turn right. I found a few forums with this discussion but want to get some ideas.

1) is this common and not related to cable, can I lubricate it

2) should I replace the steering cable and will that even solve the problem?

3) any other recommendations?

Neutral recognition for starting. We had it on the lake for a few days and one day it wouldn’t start or turn. I knew it was some electrical component, and checked everything I could. Eventually I realized it was the throttle, and I pushed it slightly forward and it turned over. Sometimes I need to get if some extra revs to keep it running without engaging the propeller.

is there a simple solution to fixing the throttle to recognize its in neutral? What would cause the need to rev to keep it running at startup?

I have a few other questions I’ll save for later, just want to get going and learn more about this new to me purchase!

thanks in advance!

[boonecragun]

Replace the cable.

And sounds like Idle RPMs may need to be adjusted. Dealer should be able to hook up to diacom to adjust.

[BCRider]

Given the cost and the fact it's not an overly a hard DIY job, I'd just recommend replacing the cable altogether. It's only going to get worse and you can't really lubricate them anyway.