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August 30, 2017 at 11:13 am
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You can cut 5" off the water tube, but changing the shift rod isn’t an easy chore. I’m thinking you would have to disassemble that gearcase to change the lower shift rod, which is a pain. I suppose there is the slim chance that this was a short shaft to begin with and someone added the shift rod and water tube "extensions", but I wouldn’t count on that. I suppose you could avoid disassembly by carefully cutting the shift rod and beveling out the shift rod for the connector screw.