Hi all, Regarding my Johnson shipmaster controls on my 35 Lark:
First off, I love this old motor. It never misses a beat.
I cannot get the adequate travel from the controls to obtain forward and reverse. My shift box functions fine.
If I set it up so that the center of "neutral" on the motor is the center of my shift lever travel, It does not engage into forward or reverse very much. It will go into forward and reverse, but I am concerned that it will slip out at some point as it does not engage fully.
I have had bad shift dog problems with this motor, but recently invested in a very nice lower end. I tore it down and inspected the shift dog, It was very nice. None the less, I still did my common practice of "flipping" the shift dog so the old reverse side is now the forward side. The reverse side was pristine.
Please advise weather it is common to not engage in gear very far. The shift lever on the motor seems to move a mile into gear without the cable attached, I just want to be sure.
First off, I love this old motor. It never misses a beat.
I cannot get the adequate travel from the controls to obtain forward and reverse. My shift box functions fine.
If I set it up so that the center of "neutral" on the motor is the center of my shift lever travel, It does not engage into forward or reverse very much. It will go into forward and reverse, but I am concerned that it will slip out at some point as it does not engage fully.
I have had bad shift dog problems with this motor, but recently invested in a very nice lower end. I tore it down and inspected the shift dog, It was very nice. None the less, I still did my common practice of "flipping" the shift dog so the old reverse side is now the forward side. The reverse side was pristine.
Please advise weather it is common to not engage in gear very far. The shift lever on the motor seems to move a mile into gear without the cable attached, I just want to be sure.
