Honda BF8, BF9.9 and BF10 Outboard Motors Shop Manual., Page 217Get this manual
21) Install the tilt link spring with the long end hook to the tilt shaft bracket [I1
[21TILT SHAFT BRACKET
dSTERN BRACKET ASSEMBLY
UL type and Remote control type:
Assemble in the reverse order of removalApply grease to the threads of the tilting shaft, tilting shaft busings, 22 wave washers and tilting shaft mounting hole of the left and right stern bracketsAlign the pins of the tilt arm of the swivel case with the groove of the left and right stern bracketsLoosely install the tilting shaft and self-locking nuts and tighten the mm self-locking nut to the specified torqueThen, tighten the 78-14 UNF self-locking nut to the specified torque