Stiff steering - splash mount low

[Sulliy]

Hi
After some advice
2 stroke 40hp outboard on 17ft microplus motorboat with electric start.
Turning right is fine on steering wheel, but can only get less than 1 turn turning left and is very stiff.
Someone had a look at it for me and said it is probably due to the splash mount being installed too low so there is too much friction on the cables, hence stiffness turning left.
Need to move the splash-mount up. How easy is this?

Is it just a matter of undoing all the cables, removing old splash mount, cutting new hole higher up and re-fit mount and then feed cables through again? Then somehow feel the old hole up.

Never done anything like this before (new to boating world). Is is straight forward enough?

Thanks for any advice

 

[scottie]

Check if the cable is not level first and try it disconnected from engine.

 

[Richard10002]

Have you just bought the boat and found the problem or.....

Have you been steering fine for months or years, and the problem has recently appeared?

If the latter, it can't be something fitted in the wrong place - can it?

 

[Sulliy]

Just bought the boat and found the problem.
It is fine to use, just that i'd like to ease the stiffness to allow sharper turning (when mooring...etc)