"I bought this boat used. 60
"I bought this boat used. 60 hrs. This is my first "larger" outboard. When I shift, into either forward or reverse, it grinds. It seems excessive to me and I was not expecting any grinding. Is this normal or not? One shop (backed up 6 weeks) said it was because the shift cable was too tight and needed more slack. I looked at engine, and I have 2 cables coming to it from the control. One works the carbs and the other is for the shifting. I don't really know if the input from the shop is good, and if it is, I'm not sure what to adjust and I don't want to make it worse. Specifically I mean.. the only thing on the motor end is the steel cable that goes into the square brass fitting, and this is held to the linkage arm with a cotter pin. the end of the cable is threaded so i have some ability to adjust that, but is set at the very end of the cable right now. Just from looking at it (for whatever that's worth), it does seem like the right thing to be adjusting. I've worked on bikes a lot but outboards are new to me. Any advise?"
"I bought this boat used. 60 hrs. This is my first "larger" outboard. When I shift, into either forward or reverse, it grinds. It seems excessive to me and I was not expecting any grinding. Is this normal or not? One shop (backed up 6 weeks) said it was because the shift cable was too tight and needed more slack. I looked at engine, and I have 2 cables coming to it from the control. One works the carbs and the other is for the shifting. I don't really know if the input from the shop is good, and if it is, I'm not sure what to adjust and I don't want to make it worse. Specifically I mean.. the only thing on the motor end is the steel cable that goes into the square brass fitting, and this is held to the linkage arm with a cotter pin. the end of the cable is threaded so i have some ability to adjust that, but is set at the very end of the cable right now. Just from looking at it (for whatever that's worth), it does seem like the right thing to be adjusting. I've worked on bikes a lot but outboards are new to me. Any advise?"