89 omc with cobra drive, fights me to shift into neutral

[stang32]

ok, so this boat has a new cable, fully adjusted with factory tools, the shift interupt switch is operating as designed, the micro switches as well, when in reverse and going into neutral the shift assist kicks in, the shift linkage arm(for lack of better words) lifts up, activating the shift assist, the engine stumbles and the arm S L O W L Y goes back to center and the drive goes into neutral. this makes docking very difficult due to the time it takes to chnange gears. the linkage plate seems to be fine, when the cables are all disconnected, everything works and moves easily.
i have been beating my head on this for over a month. i have resolved this type of shift issue on several boats but this one leaves me stumped.

 

[kenny nunez]

One thing you can try is to remove the “V” Shaped spring and stretch it wider to hopefully shift the roller to the center position quicker.