Mercury 225 EFI Service Manual page 679

ATTACHMENTS / CONTROL LINKAGE
Install steering cable mounting tube into mounting bracket with 2 adjusting nuts and 2
locking tab washers. Be sure longer threaded end of tube is toward starboard side of boat.
Temporarily adjust tube, so that longer threaded end of tube extends out the same dis-
tance as the outboard tilt tube. Do not tighten adjustment nuts at this time.
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IMPORTANT: Lubricate inside of steering cable mounting tube with 2-4-C Marine
Lubricant with Teflon before installing steering cable.
Lubricate inside of steering cable mounting tube (starboard outboard) with 2-4-C Marine
Lubricant with Teflon.
Insert steering cable end through cable mounting tube and thread steering cable attach-
ing nut onto tube hand tight.
NOTE: Torque steering cable attaching nut only after final steering adjustments have
been made.
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Steering Cable Mounting Tube (End of Tube with Longer Threads Toward
Starboard Side of Boat)
Mounting Bracket
Locking Tab Washers (2)
Adjustment Nuts (Flats of Nuts Facing Toward Locking Tab Washer)
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Steering Cable End
Cable Mounting Tube
Steering Cable Attaching Nut
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90-884294 OCTOBER 2001