Lower mercruiser shift cable install

Melv

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I have a 1986 Alpha one gen one 260V8 and need help with my new lower shift cable on the transom end. Does anyone know how to connect the shift cable into the shift cable slider?
 

flashback

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It has a set screw in the slider that secures the cable and in addition there is a safety wire that secures the set screw...
 

Glaspar_Fan

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Melv, the trick you may be missing is that the cable core has to be removed from the sheath, then the core wire is run into the setscrew end of the slider. The setscrew is then snugged, backed out something like 1/4 turn and safety wired in place.

John
 
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