Step Six:
Place pin in the Rod Eye Mounting Bracket (item 2) through the cylinder Rod Eye (item 31) as shown. (Leave the cylinder attached.) Install the last Medium Hair Pin Cotter (item 9) through the hole in the Bracket pin as shown in figure 12.
Figure 12
Step Seven:
Turn the motor to the hard to port (prop full to the left side of the boat) position. This will push the cylinder rod fully into the cylinder. Remove the nuts from the “U” Bolt and install it around the motor steering down tube above the grease fitting. Keeping the cylinder fully retracted and the motor full to port, line up the Rod Eye Mounting Bracket (item 2) against the motor steering down tube with the “U” bolt through it. The several models of motor have differences in the location of the grease fitting relative to the shock mount (shaft length). This causes the Rod Eye Mounting Bracket to have to be mounted with the lower flange
notch around the grease fitting on some Figure 13
models and about a 1/4 inch below it on others. Raise and lower the rod end of the cylinder against the pins holding it at the rear to rind the center of its free travel. That will indicate where to locate the Rod Eye Mounting Bracket along steering down tube. The Rod Eye Bracket should, also, always end up with the channel parallel to the transom of the boat. Put a little thread lock on the protruding screw ends of the “U” Bolt. Mount and tighten the last two Lock Washers (item 11) and the “U” Bolt Nuts, as shown.in figure 13. Note: The grounding wire around the grease fitting may need to be rotated out of the way. In the future if you wish to remove or install a cylinder. Just remove the Clevis Pin at the rear and slide the Rod Eye (item 31) off the Rod Eye Bracket pin after removing the cotters. This will leave
the bracket in place.
Page 7
