Re: 1991 50 hp Force Control Cables hook in HOW?
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Your engine should use standard Teleflex control cables with 10 X 32 threaded ends. On the engine end there should be two cylindrical quick-connects that snap over the ball ends on the engine (middle photo). You buy them separately. The groove in the ferrule of the cable should clamp into the fitting(s) on the tower and shift lever (top photo). the fitting is held closed with one screw each. Depending on your control box, the connectors on that end, while still threaded onto the cable, will differ.
Chrysler and later Force used a GOOFY control cable set up. If you look closely, you will see that the outer part of the cable is anchored at the control box and the inner part is connected to the moving lever. At the engine end, the outer part moves and the inner part is anchored.The inner control cable doesn't actually move the control; it is the difference between the inner and outer that actually actuates the shift or throttle when the control box lever is moved. Like I said: GOOFY!
Because of this arrangement, the outer part must be free to move and you must leave a loop of cable (usually in the engine splash well) or they will bind and not function correctly. So, if you are ordering new cables, get them longer by about 3 feet than actual measured length.