Today I tore apart the gear case on the 4443 Fleetwin.
I had a bugger of a time getting the "Clutch Lever Support Collar"
removed. There was a snap ring in the gear case
ahead of it. There was an arrow on the collar that
said "Remove". I wasn’t sure "why" to rotate it at the time, as
I saw no threads. The piece kept binding up
and didn’t want to come out of the gear case.
I finally decided that were some slight burrs
in the gear case around the snap ring groove.
Once I finally got the collar out, I believe one is suppose
to "rotate" the collar a ways to disengage the
"Clutch Lever".
I don’t remember seeing the 207113 "Clutch Lever Spring".
Anyone know it’s function and where it hooks to?
I also don’t remember seeing the "Driveshaft retaining Ring",
part 301883.
I have a 4447 gear case, so hoping all the parts are in it,
so I can at least make one good one.
I’d love to know what the Evinrude service manual says
about these gear cases…… especially on how to put
them back together, lol.
Update –
I cleaned the parts up and took a few photos.
No idea yet how the clutch arm stays in place.
I’m sure if I had the missing spring that would help,
but I see nothing that the arm actually attaches to.
The clutch spring has no bent, or protruding ends
for the arm to grab to. It may be broke off, but
then again, the parts diagram doesn’t show any either.
Hoping I can get the other gear case apart and see
how the clutch arm is positioned. First one didn’t
go so well.
Update Update-
Just found this on YouTube, showing how the clutch spring
engages the spring.
https://youtu.be/DGJUuq-GJdY
Captured a photo from the video. Hopefully my
other gear case has the missing clip.
Same guy has another short video showing more
on how the neutral clutch works.
https://youtu.be/PRYPpAb2vvw
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Prepare to be boarded!