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I would guess that the cable size generally changed over time due to the need for stronger steering cables. Higher horsepower engines probably require heavier-duty cables, and if you are talking about OMC motors in particular, they probably started to use stronger cable adapters as standard to cut back on the cost of producing different cable brackets for different horsepower as the largest HP engines increased in size over time. If you are concerned about the cables being too wide, there are likely some lighter-duty cables that are designed for other applications that can be adapted. If possible, pictures or a more specific description of the cable sizes (there are a few diameters from what I have found) and bracket sizes would probably help the folks on this website to help you out better. I don’t have any outboards with remote steering(unless you count the clothesline on a 1925 ELTO), so I don’t quite know much about this, but those are my two(albeit uneducated) cents. Best of luck.
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