Machined very well easy to install except getting the old cable out. Now I can do the one-finger diddle.Would highly recommend it. Originally reviewed 9/20 after 10 months of using this, I have to say it has not missed a beat. I have also added an autopilot and if anything was going to make it leak that would, autopilot tends to stress out hydraulic steering due to all the corrections it makes. There is no pitting or corrosion and I use my boat in a salt environment