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August 31, 2016 at 11:48 pm
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quote 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"
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"
Well, that interlock rod might be getting in the way, holding you back from pushing the linkage past its normal resting place in forward gear…Have you tried checking/adjusting the little shift lever adjustment?