Shimano Nexus Inter-8 Dealer's Manual page 25

5.
Bring the cable around to the cassette joint pulley, hold so that the inner cable fixing nut is facing to the outside (toward
the fork end), and then slide the flats part of the inner cable fixing washer into the gap in the pulley.
Flats part of inner
cable fixing washer
6.
Turn the cable 60° counterclockwise and attach it to the
hook.
Gap in pulley
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Inner cable fixing nut
Pulley
Hook
Turn the
cable 60°