Mercury 150 EFI Service Manual page 494

6. Inspect sliding clutch. Check reverse gear and forward gear clutch jaws. Rounded
jaws indicate one or more of the following:
a. Improper shift cable adjustment.
b. Improper shift habits of operator(s) (shift from NEUTRAL to REVERSE gear too
c. Engine idle speed too high (while shifting).
a -
7. Check condition of cam follower. If it shows wear (pitting, scoring or rough surface),
replace cam follower and shift cam.
DISASSEMBLY
1. Remove shift cam from cam follower.
2. Insert a thin blade screwdriver or awl under first coil of cross pin retainer spring and
rotate propeller shaft to unwind spring from sliding clutch. DO NOT over-stretch
spring.
Detent pin is free and can fall out of sliding clutch. Care MUST BE taken not to lose
pin.
3. Detent pin is free and can be removed from sliding clutch at this time.
a -
b -
c -
d -
e -
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slowly).
a
a
Clutch Jaws
b
b
a
a
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Awl
Cross Pin Retainer Spring
Detent Pin
Cross Pin
Sliding Clutch
RIGHT HAND NON-RATCHETING
a a
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CAUTION
c
a
d
b
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e
c
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