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It would be a "wear and tear" situation, so warranty would not apply.

All grease o-ring seals wear out, but in this case, because they placed the seal inside the tilt tube, it is very difficult to service and nobody ever does it. Eventually the dirt, salt and crud gets in there and steering cable ram seizes up. The only way to service this situation as is, is to disconnect the link arm, unscrew the steering cable on the entry (starboard) side, and pull it back far enough to clean both the ram and the inside of tilt tube. And usually you can't do this without having the engine removed from the boat. Hence this problem. With the Steersman, you can do all of this without having to pull the steering cable back or remove the engine.
The grease "plug" inside the nut does a good job of keeping crud out and grease in.

Service is easy. Just unscrew the Steersman nut, disconnect the link arm at the end of the steering ram, and slide the nut off. It can be cleaned and new seal installed. The extended steering ram can also be cleaned. You can work new grease back into the tilt tube easily, since there is no o-ring seal to prevent if from going into the tube. Then re-assemble and punp the grease plug full. At any time it is easy to add greae to the tilt tube simply by unscrewing the Steersman, are adding grease to the ram and tube by working the steering back and forth. It's not even necessary to unbolt the link arm if the seal does not need replacing.

With this system, and occasional maintenance, your cable steering will never freeze up and last for years and years, always working smoothly..