Broken Shift Cam
 

Guys,

Finally got the PQ out for a “boating” day, rather than a utilitarian day of tuning, and it got cut very short.

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Broken Shift Cam

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Shop said the shift lever was “wonky”.

The shop has both parts on order, as well as a new cable that goes from the shifter plate to the drive, and they’ll hopefully have them all installed by week’s end.

I know the shifter linkage was initially a bit out, due to my replacing the bellows while the drive was off over the winter, but I thought I had brought it all back into shape. I know it went into reverse kinda hard when pulling it off the trailer, but I also know I put it into forward and back into neutral a couple times before heading to the dock. It wasn’t until I went to put it into reverse to slide it parallel for docking that I realized it wouldn’t come out of forward. Unfortunately, I bounced it off the dock in the process of figuring this out. Luckily, there’s no real damage; just some ugly black smears from the hard rubber lining the dock’s edge that should just rub right off. We put it back on the trailer as went out for a day of boating on our old Rinker that we sold to some friends.

As I understand, this is not a high failure rate part. What could have caused this to break? I can’t imagine that little shifter cable would have the rigidity to cause this….?

Thanks. Brad.

Usually happens if you remove the 555 ECU from a 496L LOL!!!

Seriously I had it happened to one of my bravo drives long ago ,replaced it ,never found a problem. Never had the issue again either.

BoatNT,

DANG IT! I never would have thought.... :angry-smiley-038:

Had you done anything previously that could have contributed? Like replaced a lower shifter cable or whatever?

To be fair... It's very likely 23yrs old, and been put to its task a half gazillion times.

Thanks. Brad.

no, but I did notice that the detent check ball and spring on the rear cap were dry, so I took it apart in creased it that this way it wasn't applying too much pressure during shifting

what could have caused this? it is spelled B O A T

Mr. Murphy knew the CFO was checking the receipt paperwork...

Comped, Tartilla,

I get all this. But I'll need a causal path to report to the CFO, or she will blame it on some change I made. :rolleyes:

Thanks. Brad.

Its because of more HP,,,,,,, want me to tell the CFO for you?
:evilb:

Wildman,

God, I wish....

Thanks. Brad.

Guys,

Just a shoutout to Hilltop Marine in Bronston, KY, between Burnside and Conley Bottom....

I dropped the boat off Monday morning and told them I'd really like to pick it up Friday afternoon or Saturday morning so the CFO and I could spend our anniversary on Cumberland. They initially told me I would be lucky if they got to have a look at it by Friday, let alone have it back together. At the time we (I, at least) thought it was just a linkage adjustment issue, me blaming myself for not knowing how to properly adjust the shift linkage. I get a text from Todd Monday afternoon, with the pics above, informing me that they'd already ordered the parts, and that they should be in on Thursday (today). I asked on Tuesday if they thought they'd have it ready for pickup by Saturday morning and was told "Trending that way". I get a text this morning, telling me it's all back together, tested good on the trailer, and they are going to the ramp to test it under load. Farqin' EH!

Thanks. Brad.

It's cool that they got you taking care of,

but you have to start wrenching on the boat yourself, it's only about a 45 minute job,

BoatNT,

I hear ya, and, yeah, I could have easily done the work myself. I'm getting way more comfortable working on these things. The problem is that I was fairly certain it was a linkage issue, and I figured they could get it sorted out while I was back home. I had no idea it was a broken part issue. I've watched a couple videos surrounding that part, and now realize it was a relatively easy fix.

Thanks. Brad.