Reply To: Shift detent on McCullouch 9 low profile?

[billw]

I figured out the shift problem, or at least, a work around. If you look at picture 3, above, you see the little shift swing arm, with a slot. The slot is where the shift shaft comes down and engages. So, when the shaft twists back and forth, the arm swings, which moves the sliding cradle fore and aft. I could see, from shifting it with a screw driver, that the cradle would move full travel if the shift arm was just a little bit longer. Well, THAT would never happen, so I relived a 1/16 of an inch from one side of the shift shaft. Now, when it shifts, the arm slides that extra 1/16 sideways on the shaft, allowing a tiny bit more linear movement of the cradle, and it hits the detent in both directions. Again, there is little to no wear in this unit. I cannot imagine why I had to make this mod, unless the design was wrong from the start. Anyway, I am pleased and just thought I’d share. Obviously, these are not popular motors in the club. Picture one is the shaft as it came from the factory. Picture two is after I relieved one side of the engagement area.

Long live American manufacturing!