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Thank you, @pyro, @Thornton69, and @scoflaw ! Great feedback. I took the risk and the boat ran and steered just fine this weekend. Sure, there's some play and looseness, but seems that steering pin is still solidly mated to the gimbal ring and lever assembly. While parked, the outdrive...

* @Thornton69 Thx!

Thank you @Thorton69; grateful for all opinions and feedback.

Thank you @scoflaw; appreciate the opinion. The other two opinions I got elsewhere seem to contradict the mechanic's, hence me posting all this for additional insights. I'm going to test it tomorrow in the water and will report the results. Thanks again.

Thx. My mechanic said he can grab the outdrive and move it left-right 2 feet, whereas it should not move at all. He said due to square steering pin worn almost completely to a circle, so pin not catching in the matching hole on the gimbal ring. Must've been wearing down for years. It steered...

Thx for the feedback @scoflaw

Thx in advance! My steering pin is worn bad and the outdrive gives 2 feet (left/right), on a 2002 Sea Ray 240 Sundancer, MerCruiser Bravo 3. Surely I must/will repair, but wondering how dangerous to drive one last time before doing so. Drove/steered just fine in May and just now learned of...