krisnowicki
Lieutenant Junior Grade
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I replaced my shift cable before the season when I did my bellows. Everythign has worked fine so far. ( about 20 hours) Well, yesterday I am out fishing and when it starts shifting late and ractheting more. At first I think its me then about 5 hours later it is getting worse and worse. So here is what I did. Dropped anchor in the sand and got out the tools and adujusted the cable. Well it wouldn't work. IT would set up fine at 6 inchs in fwd with no slack. Then when I drove for a bit and put it in neutral it would no go back in fwd, or there would be no reverse.
Here is what i think happened tell me if it makes since.
On the **** cable at the shift control box end. IT has a black housing that attachs to the box. The cable slides in that black housing and a bronze keeper keeps the cable attached to it. Here there are two holes. One for the keeper and one you can see a little bit of the cable in.
When I got her home I couldn't see any of the cablein the small hole. SO i took the hosing off and put it all back together. Now it locks in fwd and rev.
So if that keeper came loose would it cause what I am describing? Also, incase that isnt it what else would cause these symptoms??
Here is what i think happened tell me if it makes since.
On the **** cable at the shift control box end. IT has a black housing that attachs to the box. The cable slides in that black housing and a bronze keeper keeps the cable attached to it. Here there are two holes. One for the keeper and one you can see a little bit of the cable in.
When I got her home I couldn't see any of the cablein the small hole. SO i took the hosing off and put it all back together. Now it locks in fwd and rev.
So if that keeper came loose would it cause what I am describing? Also, incase that isnt it what else would cause these symptoms??
