After trying all winter to armchair diagnose a slipping, and then no, reverse (Alpha One 86) I heeded the advice of our forum members to just pull the thing apart and look carefully at all the linkage before you go dogs and gears $$$. Good advice, because although everything was within tolerance and appeared that it should have worked well, good dog grab (10 and 12 Oclock), all reasonably tight motion,,, The nut that holds the shift cable on the gimble wall was about 3/16 inch out and was holding the shift slide (where the cable terminates and the lever roller slides) out. This would stop the reverse stroke short of the end (10 Oclock). This stops the reverse motion which I think should be set by the stud position on the shift plate lever. The three choices are, It worked its way loose, it would not thread in far enough to start with or the cable twisted in when installed and spun it back out over time?
Year wise, this is not one of the drives which would need to be tapped out for the new style cable. The total throw on the radial part of the linkage is around 65 degrees. Everything on the engine shift plate was dead on. It is not the original cable. Is this the problem that caused my reverse to fade to nothing over last Summer? Is 3/16 too little to mater? If I was just in my backyard lake I would probably just grind the forward end off the slide to get the extra throw, cob. Thanks to all
Year wise, this is not one of the drives which would need to be tapped out for the new style cable. The total throw on the radial part of the linkage is around 65 degrees. Everything on the engine shift plate was dead on. It is not the original cable. Is this the problem that caused my reverse to fade to nothing over last Summer? Is 3/16 too little to mater? If I was just in my backyard lake I would probably just grind the forward end off the slide to get the extra throw, cob. Thanks to all
