Broken Shift Cam
06-17-2025 | 12:54 PM
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Broken Shift Cam
Guys,
Maybe this would be better posted here.....
Finally got the PQ out for a “boating” day, rather than a utilitarian day of tuning, and it got cut very short.
Broken Shift Cam
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.
Maybe this would be better posted here.....
Finally got the PQ out for a “boating” day, rather than a utilitarian day of tuning, and it got cut very short.
Broken Shift Cam
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.
