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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    Kghost, I pulled the drive today, backwards “F” is snug, not tight. Rotates smoothly. The brass cable nut is 5/16 from the gimbal housing, which as you astutely predicted, is likely the problem. I have ordered a genuine mercruiser/quicksilver cable, it will be here in a few days. I will tap...
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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    As I mentioned before, I have adjusted stud all the way up and it just clicks in reverse. If there was some magic push-pull trick that’s not in the Mercruiser service bulletin I posted above, it would be helpful to know what that is.
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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    If I pull on the lever arm on the cable plate, it will lock in reverse. It’s like the remote cable just can’t push far enough to get reverse to lock in on its own, even though remote cable travel is 3-1/8.
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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    Kghost, Thanks for all of the advice last night, it was great talking to you. Quick update, I did confirm that remote cable travel is 3-1/8” . The service bulletin I mentioned earlier called for a lower cable slop measurement of 9/16 or less. This one is at the limit at 9/16. I have not yet...
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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    Thanks for all your help. The history is this I am the third owner. Original owner sold boat to 2nd owner in 1980. They used it a fair amount and took good care of it. Always stored indoors. Has ~700 hrs , both owners kept pretty good maintenance records, but no record of cable or bellows being...
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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    Because it was 50 years old.
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    Shift cable adjustment driving me crazy

    So I replaced the lower shift cable on my 1978 Spectra with a Mercruiser 260 outdrive, and I cannot get the cable adjusted to where it will shift into reverse without pulling on the shift plate arm. Followed the manual, it shifts into forward but reverse is “click click click”. If I pull shift...
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