Parallel Routed Steering Cables And Attaching Kit Installation - Mercury 225 EFI Service Manual

Parallel Routed Steering Cables and Attaching Kit Installation

(Both Steering Cables Routed Together Down Starboard Side of Boat)
SUPER RIDE-GUIDE STEERING KIT INSTALLATION
IMPORTANT: Steering cable must be installed into tilt tube of port outboard before
outboard is mounted on boat transom.
Both gear racks or rotary steering heads must be installed so that both steering
cables will be routed together on the same side of the boat and will push-and-pull
together.
1. Install Super Ride-Guide Steering Kit in accordance with instructions included with
Super Ride-Guide Kit.
2. Make sure that both gear racks or rotary steering heads are installed so that both
steering cables are routed together and will push-and-pull together.
a -
b -
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 mounting tube, onto swivel bracket of star-
board outboard.
a -
b -
c -
Locking retainer corner tabs, MUST BE bent up and against flats on each bolt that
secures mounting bracket for steering cable mounting tube to outboard swivel
bracket, to prevent bolts from turning out.
90-884294 OCTOBER 2001
a
b
Straight Rack (Left); Rotary Steering (Right)
Steering Cables (Install so that Both Cables Will Push and Pull Together)
c
b
Mounting Bracket for Steering Cable Mounting Tube
Locking Retainers (2)
Bolts (4) - 5/8 in. (16 mm ) Long - Torque to 100 lb. in. (11.5 Nm), then Bend
Corner Tabs of Locking Retainers Up and Against Flats on Each Bolt
ATTACHMENTS / CONTROL LINKAGE
b
a
c
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a
WARNING
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