Mariner Mercury 105/140 JET, Service Manual

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7-20 - ATTACHMENTS/CONTROL LINKAGE 90-824052R3 JUNE 2002
Opposite Side Routed Steering
Cables and Attaching Kit Installation
(One Cable Routed down Starboard Side of Boat
and One Cable Routed down Port Side of Boat)
SUPER RIDEGUIDE STEERING KIT
INSTALLATION
IMPORTANT: Steering cable must be installed
into tilt tube of port outboard before outboard is
mounted on boat transom.
Install Super RideGuide Steering Kit in accordance
with instructions included with Super RideGuide Kit.
STEERING CABLE INSTALLATION -
STARBOARD OUTBOARD
IMPORTANT: Mounting bracket for steering
cable mounting tube MUST BE secured to
outboard swivel bracket, using 5/8 in. (16 mm)
long bolts supplied with this dual cable - dual
outboard attaching kit.
Secure mounting bracket for steering cable mount-
ing tube, onto swivel bracket of starboard outboard.
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d
a
c
b
a - Mounting Bracket for Steering Cable Mounting Tube
b - “J” Clip - Supplied with Outboard
c - Locking Retainers (2)
d - Bolts (4) - 5/8 in. (16 mm) Long - Torque to 100 lb. in.
(11.3 N·m), Then Bend Corner Tabs of Locking Retainers
Up and Against Flats on Each Bolt.
WARNING
Locking retainer corner tabs MUST BE bent up
and against flats on each bolt that secures
mounting bracket for steering cable mounting
tube, to prevent bolts from turning out.
Install Steering Cable mounting tube into mounting
bracket with 2 adjusting nuts and 2 locking tab
washers. Verify longer threaded end of tube is toward
center of boat transom.
Temporarily adjust tube, so that longer threaded end
of tube extends out the same distance as the
outboard tilt tube. Do not tighten adjustment nuts at
this time.
a
c
d
b
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a - Steering Cable Mounting Tube (End of Tube with Longer
Threads Toward Center of Boat Transom)
b - Mounting Bracket
c - Locking Tab Washers (2)
d - Adjustment Nuts (Flats of Nuts Facing Toward Locking Tab
Washer)
IMPORTANT: Lubricate inside of steering
mounting tube with 2-4-C w/Teflon
(92-825407A12) before installing steering cable.
Lubricate inside of steering cable mounting tube
(starboard outboard) with 2-4-C w/Teflon.
Insert steering cable end (a) (steering cable routed
down port side of boat) thru cable mounting tube (b)
and thread steering cable attaching nut (c) onto tube
hand tight.
NOTE: Torque steering cable attaching nut only after
final steering adjustments have been made.
a
b
c
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