60HP Mercury Bigfoot hard to shift
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:19 am
My mechanic replaced my throttle/shifter cable. When I start out it seems to shift fine, but after it gets warmed up, it can do one of two things; 1) when you take it to idle speed, it falls into neutral. 2) I can't get it down into neutral. I push so hard that I'm sure it's going to break off.
Eventually I can get it back into neutral, but then it might not go into gear until I shift up and down multiple times. Or it might just rev up and if I leave it throttled up, it SLAMS into gear. The mechanic adjusted the cable once and blamed it on not being able to get quality cables any more, but it's still doing it.
Is the tranny low on oil? Is there some calibration I can do? Is it really crappy cables? I'm very mechanically inclined, but new to Pontoons/boats.
Thanks,
David
Eventually I can get it back into neutral, but then it might not go into gear until I shift up and down multiple times. Or it might just rev up and if I leave it throttled up, it SLAMS into gear. The mechanic adjusted the cable once and blamed it on not being able to get quality cables any more, but it's still doing it.
Is the tranny low on oil? Is there some calibration I can do? Is it really crappy cables? I'm very mechanically inclined, but new to Pontoons/boats.
Thanks,
David