Re: Proper shift linkage adjustment 1972 18 hp Evinrude

[RICHARD A. WHITE]

OK, just checked for slop in the upper linkage… no slop detected….
When you say you can "feel" drag when pulling "hard" against to forward stop… I do not think it is going that far forward. I shift into forward, and hold it there, when rotating the prop within its range of "free" movement I feel no drag at all.. And finally when running on the water, when holding the shift lever in forward, it did not slip nor did I feel it slip, as soon as I let go of that lever, she "slipped"

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