Sorry, I don't know the answers to your questions.. But here's what I do know.
Most cables fail due to lack of grease in the final few feet of the unit... closest to the engine... and people mistakenly think that putting grease into the grease fitting on their steering tube on the engine greases the cable. It doesn't!!
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I have a Steersman Nut (a long time ago they used to be called Widget nuts) on the end of my cable that keeps water out and lets grease in... Everyone Needs to get one of these if they have a cable type system. It only takes minutes to install, it's cheap and it saves huge $$$$$$$. Chances are if your present system had one it would not have failed. Although they offer the nut in both Stainless for salt and Aluminum for freshwater.... just buy the stainless one. It's still cheap. Simple.
http://www.steersman.com/html/whatitdoes.html
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1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
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Last edited by Destroyer; 04-30-2016 at 05:26 PM.
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