No more steering?

It’s that time of year to get the boat ready (1984 Ski Nautique 2001), I happened to try turning the steering wheel in the garage and felt a click and now the rudder doesn’t turn with the wheel. I can spin the wheel without any resistance in both directions with no point of stopping it. Everything is still attached where the cable attaches to the rudder. Where should I start, taking apart that box behind the dash that the steering wheel mounts to?
Thanks

MrMcD wrote: Should list what boat you are working on for better advice,  model and year of manufacture help. Sounds like you broke the steering cable but only a tear down will confirm.

It’s a 1984 Ski Nautique 2001

KENO wrote: Mav, you're back   Better that it happened now instead of at 40 plus mph  There's no need to disassemble the rotary mechanism to change the complete cable. Search here on CCF for steering cable replacement and make sure you're reading about a rotary system and not a rack and pinion setup Your rotary cable is easier to pull from the back of the boat once it's disconnected at the helm and at the rudder. You want to tie/tape about 20 feet of rope to the front of the old cable before you pull it out the back so that you can hook the rope to the new cable and use the rope to help pull it forward. You'll need the "special" AKA  expensive Correct Craft dealer only 17'5 ft cable to maintain the same steering radius.

Thanks for your help Ken I’m going to order the new cable tonight

After a text, a couple of pictures and a phone call or 2, Mav unscrewed the nut holding the cable to the rotary helm and the inner cable was broken right there.

Being the "special" only available from CC cable for 82-90 models, it still has the nut for his helm setup.