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Think I may have screwed up the shift cable.

Chris Rohde

Chris Rohde

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Won't be able to really look into this more until tomorrow, but this is what I know so far. (DP-C1 1.95) Put the transmission back on today, everything seemed to go back together as normal. Was doing a prop change and put the boat into forward and it was very stiff. I forced it and should not have. Hopped down, and the props were still in neutral. Took the back cover off, unhooked the cable and the linkage too, and found that if you put the shifter forward, nothing happens at the cable at the back. If you pull it back into neutral, the cable moves but aligns everything to be in forward. If you move the shifter to reverse, it puts it in neutral. When the shifter is in neutral, the linkage is off from the hole about 1/4".

Any ideas about where to start looking for the issue? Should you have the boat in gear forward or reverse when removing the transmission? I have always done it in neutral.

The shifter cable is being properly held in place by the little plate on the front of the drive.
The linkage does move freely when disconnected from the cable.


Thanks!
 
Did a little more investigation before it go too dark. The cable looks to be in great condition, but it's not secured to anything in the boat! I think that's a big no-no if I remember right. There is nothing along the cable route(clamps, etc) to secure it to other than misc. other motor parts, etc. that the original owner may have zip tied the cable to. I'm not anxious to drill into the transom, so I'll probably zip tie it off to at least a few things at a few different points.
 
Chris, my approach is like this:

Eccentric piston vertical linkage rod temporarily disconnected.
Eccentric piston placed into the neutral detent.
Begin adjusting at the shifter unit itself, and ajust all to neutral, lastly including the vertical linkage rod adjustment.

At the gear yoke: (pre- C drives.... but can include the C)
a forward shift will always be a result of an extended shift cable.
a reverse shift will always be a result of a retracted shift cable.



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Jacket of the shift cable needs to be clamped to the drive itself at the point that the shift cable "enters" the lower unit.
Typically, there is a bellows "seal" inside the boat at the end of the "hose" attached to the transom unit at the point that it enters (exits) the boat itself. The jacket of the cable needs to be clamped to the shift control itself at the "head".
Any other "attachment" points are just cosmetic, i.e., non function related. Only the clamps at the jacket at the very ends effect shift performance.
 
Cable was bad. The jacket had slid back and the cable was literally hanging on by one wire. Cable says 32377-003-192 0 TFX 33251 on it, but the great Google does not come up with anything.
 
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