1974 Johnson 50 to 1973 evinrude 85 steering

[sschrad]

I recently purchased a 1973 Evinrude 85 HP without really looking at it very well and when I looked over the pictures again ( I haven,t received it yet ) I noticed that where the steering cable hooks up, it doesn't have a screw in type cable but it just looks like a tab with a hole in it. Does this mean that I will have to purchase a new helm?

 

[F_R]

Re: 1974 Johnson 50 to 1973 evinrude 85 steering

The '73 is set up for modern through-the-tilt-tube steering. The cable goes through the tilt tube, and a drag link completes the connection back to the tiller arm. It's all just about the universal system now-a-days, unless we start talking hydraulics.