So went for a flat water ride friday and I felt a little bit of up and down movement on the steering shaft followed by a little bit of stiffness that went away straight away. Well the reason the stiffness went away was because the steering arm had moved down it had its way with the front carb shroud, and next adventure being submerged dumped a gut full of water down the now uncovered carb. It was suggested When I bought it that the reapers have a habit of sucking water in when partially submerged and it bogg’s them down at the most inappropriate time. so anyway this is what I came up with. It looks like it belongs, so now I just hope it works as intended. I was able to fix shroud with a boat building epoxy glue
