Fig B22 - Fitting connection kit to steering cylinder
Shoulder screw
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• Pre-fit the secondary steering cable to the guide tube/yoke assembly
i) Both the cable nut, the guide tube
thread and the inside of the guide
tube should be liberally lubricated with
marine quality grease before assembly.
ii) Insert the rod end of the secondary
steering cable into the threaded end of
the guide tube (Fig B21).
iii) Hand tighten the cable nut and torque
to 175in-lb (20Nm)*. Note that the
nut has an internal locking thread
which increases the amount of torque
required initially as the thread is cut.
* There should be NO movement between the
outer cable jacket and the guide tube when the nut
is fully tightened .
• Mount the connection kit and secondary steering cable to the steering cylinder.
This stage of the assembly will be easier if the Type R drive unit is not connected to the
secondary steering cable at this point, as fine adjustments to the drive collar positioning
are necessary and the backdrive friction from the drive unit will make this more difficult.
Connecting the drive unit should be the final stage of the mechanical assembly.
i) Remove the shoulder screw from the drive collar.
ii) Position the connection kit assembly above the steering cylinder and engage
onto the steering cylinder clevis bracket and drive collar as shown (Fig B22).
Ensure that the clevis pin is also locking the primary steering cable rod end
into the clevis bracket*. Lock in place using the hitch pin.
* If the clevis pin does not engage due to misalignment, adjust the manual steering helm slightly until
the hole in the primary steering cable rod end aligns with the holes in the clevis bracket .
Guide tube/
yoke assembly
Fig B21 - Fitting the secondary
steering cable to the guide tube
Secondary
steering cable
iii) Adjust the position of the drive collar so that the shoulder screw hole aligns
with the hole in the secondary steering cable rod end.
iv) Fit the shoulder screw, torque to 55in-lb (6nm). The screw has a locking thread
which increases the amount of torque required initially as the thread is cut.
