Can a trolling motor be greased/lubed?

I've got a mid-90's Evinrude trolling motor that I used yesterday for the first time in about a year and a half. Granted, this is the first time I've ever used a foot-controlled trolling motor so I've got nothing to compare it to, but it seemed to be a little stiff. particularly when turning to the right.

I could turn left while under power, but had to let off the "gas" in order to come back right, presumably due to the prop torque. IIRC, the foot control is not mounted to the floor, so if I tried to come back right while under power, the entire pedal assembly would just tilt instead of the pedal itself actually moving.

A) Is this typical of all trolling motors?
B) Can/Should it be lubricated,
C) if so, should I grease the pedal or something in the motor shaft, or both?

same problem

Bent shaft is the first thing comes to mind...caused the same thing on mine, years ago.

I'd read that about the bent shaft, but it seems like if the shaft was bent enough to make it hard to turn, it'd be hard to turn either direction (and it's only hard to turn to the right), and it also seems it would be difficult to turn all the time, not just when it's under power....if I'm sitting still and the prop isn't spinning, it spins freely side-to-side. I'll check the shaft though to see if there is a visible bend.

When yours was bent, was it difficult to turn either direction and regardless of whether you were under power or not?

I've got a '93 Johnson motor that the steering cable broke on. I replaced the whole motor. Everything was working on this one when the cbale broke. Decided to replace the whole thing instead of fix it. Depending on what model you have, you are welcome to mine for parts if it matches up...
Mine is an OMC/Johnson BF2T model....

thanks for the offer. I'll check in the next day or so to see what model this one is.

Mine turned freely until it got about 30° off to either side, then it would bind. Once I got to looking at it closer, the bend in mine was obvious, but I was told that that might not always be the case.

Hmm....mine doesn't bind at all as long as the prop isn't spinning...I dunno