Mercury Optimax 115 Service Manual page 470

ATTACHMENTS / CONTROL LINKAGE
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.
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.
a -
b -
c -
d -
IMPORTANT: Lubricate inside of steering cable mounting tube with 2-4-C w/Teflon
before installing steering cable.
Lubricate inside of steering cable mounting tube (starboard outboard) with 2-4-C
w/Teflon.
Insert steering cable end (a) thru cable mounting tube (b) and thread steering cable at-
taching nut (c) onto tube hand tight.
NOTE: Torque steering cable attaching nut only after final steering adjustments have
been made.
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d
c
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)
c
b
WARNING
b
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a
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90-855347R1 JANUARY 1999