Re: I have a couple questions on an Evinrude Speeditwin

[david-bartlett]

Bsplit,

I have a SpeediTwin also, and this summer I was running it and it backfired so bad that it sheared both the shear pin and the flywheel key. I didn’t know it at the time so I replaced the shear pin and tried to start it but no luck. Just occaisional backfire.

My point is you may want to check your flywheel key, and flywheel orientation on the crank to make sure your timing isn’t way off. The timing lever gives a lot of range, but not enough when I sheared the key.

If you remove your flywheel, be sure to get the nut torqued back properly!