txrevolution
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My boat is a 2003 Speedster 4tec 155
after what i thought was a bad dess post turned out to be a faulty AGM battery, i was able to get our boat back on the water and out for its first run of the season. did a quick turn around the bay to make sure everything was running properly and all was good. so after my three year old wakes up from her nap she is super excited to see the boat tied up at the house and cant wait for daddy to take her for a ride. so I load her, my wife and the mother in law in the boat for a spin. I , idle down our canal and into the bay. just as i am idling out of our canal another boater pops out of the adjacent canal so i decide to give him the right of way. I push the shift lever back into neutral, but cant get there. push it all the way forward again and pull back to neutral again. this time something inside snaps:facepalm:. so now i am locked into forward and the lever will not go into neutral or reverse. so i u-turn back to the house, aim the boat, cut the motor and coast back into the dock.
Got the boat home and tonight pulled the shift lever assembly out. once i pulled the cotter pin and roll pin and disconnected the reverse cable from the shift lever, the lever now throws very smoothly. much smoother than before with audible clicks as it rolls into forward/neutral/reverse. Heres where i need the brain trust's help:
- Anything I need to watch for on replacing this reverse cable?
- Do i disconnect it at the reverse gate and pull it out the back? if so, how do i thread the replacement cable back into place?
- anything you guys would recommend replacing while i am in here? i want to make sure this thing shifts smoothly as its always been a bear to shift.
after what i thought was a bad dess post turned out to be a faulty AGM battery, i was able to get our boat back on the water and out for its first run of the season. did a quick turn around the bay to make sure everything was running properly and all was good. so after my three year old wakes up from her nap she is super excited to see the boat tied up at the house and cant wait for daddy to take her for a ride. so I load her, my wife and the mother in law in the boat for a spin. I , idle down our canal and into the bay. just as i am idling out of our canal another boater pops out of the adjacent canal so i decide to give him the right of way. I push the shift lever back into neutral, but cant get there. push it all the way forward again and pull back to neutral again. this time something inside snaps:facepalm:. so now i am locked into forward and the lever will not go into neutral or reverse. so i u-turn back to the house, aim the boat, cut the motor and coast back into the dock.
Got the boat home and tonight pulled the shift lever assembly out. once i pulled the cotter pin and roll pin and disconnected the reverse cable from the shift lever, the lever now throws very smoothly. much smoother than before with audible clicks as it rolls into forward/neutral/reverse. Heres where i need the brain trust's help:
- Anything I need to watch for on replacing this reverse cable?
- Do i disconnect it at the reverse gate and pull it out the back? if so, how do i thread the replacement cable back into place?
- anything you guys would recommend replacing while i am in here? i want to make sure this thing shifts smoothly as its always been a bear to shift.
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