OX66 Plastic Wire Brace

tekmunki

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Motor: Yamaha OX66 150 HP SW2 EFI V6 - year 2000

There's a plastic ~2-3" wire brace on the back of the outboard where the cluster of wires exits, it takes a lot of stress when turning the motor while trimmed up and has cracked-

What is this part called so that I may replace it? It's just a circle brace that flips around the bundle of cables and keeps them secured while going into the motor.

It has one small screw on the top of it to tighten it down and insert it into the motor opening- I'm unsure if it's meant to waterproof or just to keep stress off of the cables- but don't want to take the risk of leaving it alone while it's broken.
 

tekmunki

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Re: OX66 Plastic Wire Brace

Just in case anyone else runs into this...

fyi; for anyone experiencing this same scenario- turned out it was supposed to be sectioned (cracked) to grasp onto the rubber gasket where the wires enter- over time the wire ties gave and broke off. After seeing the diagram at the boat store we figured out all I needed was a couple of wire ties.
 
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