Vermont Duck Hunter
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I have adjusted the the shift rod in the following manner and wonder if there will be a danger of it coming apart some December day when I'm on the lake?
This is my first post but I have read many forum responses and they were very helpful in understanding how this shifting system works but none used the method I stumbled onto and used to solve the problem.
While working on the shift shaft I had a needle nosed Vise Grip clamped onto the bottom half of the rod. I had previously loosened the lock nut and unscrewed the barrel nut from the bottom part of the shaft. As I was working I felt the bottom half of the shaft go down and lock into the reverse position. I held it there and used the shift lever to bring the barrel nut back down to the threaded portion of the shift shaft and screwed the barrel nut down about 7 turns onto the bottom half of the shift shaft. I then tightened the lock nut and tested the shifting, it worked as it should. Yesterday I took the boat to the lake and did a test in the water, again it all worked as it should. I also bent the wire that pulls the lock down to keep the motor from popping up when in reverse, that worked also.
I had turned the barrel nut up onto the threads of the upper half of the shift rod about 8 threads and then brought it back down about 7 threads. Would the upper half of the shifting rod still have plenty of thread left in the barrel nut so it will be reliable?
Thanks
This is my first post but I have read many forum responses and they were very helpful in understanding how this shifting system works but none used the method I stumbled onto and used to solve the problem.
While working on the shift shaft I had a needle nosed Vise Grip clamped onto the bottom half of the rod. I had previously loosened the lock nut and unscrewed the barrel nut from the bottom part of the shaft. As I was working I felt the bottom half of the shaft go down and lock into the reverse position. I held it there and used the shift lever to bring the barrel nut back down to the threaded portion of the shift shaft and screwed the barrel nut down about 7 turns onto the bottom half of the shift shaft. I then tightened the lock nut and tested the shifting, it worked as it should. Yesterday I took the boat to the lake and did a test in the water, again it all worked as it should. I also bent the wire that pulls the lock down to keep the motor from popping up when in reverse, that worked also.
I had turned the barrel nut up onto the threads of the upper half of the shift rod about 8 threads and then brought it back down about 7 threads. Would the upper half of the shifting rod still have plenty of thread left in the barrel nut so it will be reliable?
Thanks