Hynautic K11 spashwell cylinder

[JohnB]

I have an original Hynautic K11 steering cylinder that has been rebuilt and straighten a couple times over it's tortured life. Now it has some pretty big pits in it, and is leaking (again).
I have 3 choices,
1. Find a new/used K11, good luck, probably worse than mine.
2. Find a shaft, and replace mine, see choice one.
3. Replace it with a Teleflex/SeaStar/ HC5380

I am leaning toward number 3 since I found one new for 128 bucks, and that is probably less than choice one or 2.
The old one is K11 and the replacement one is at HC5380

I measured all the demensions, and it looks like a good fit, other than the mounting bracket bolt spacing. Has anyone used one of these with the hynautic helm, and have any tribal steering knowledge they would like to offer?

BTW, I can give you a class in how to steer a boat in from offshore with just the trim tabs, sluggish helm, but it will get you home .