Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 237

7-4 ACCESSORIES
Inner shift wire after
the proper type crimp necessary to hold the adjustment.
stainless steel inner wire was not heated and
the clamp did not hold the inner
(wire), the wire could slip inside the sleeve
thus shortening the cable. Therefore, if it is
not possible to obtain
throttle, the shift box must be removed,
opened, and checked for proper installation
work. The inner wire could also slip at the
engine end of the control, but problems at
that end are very rare.
installation work has been done at the en-
gine end, the ability to shift at all is lost, or
the throttle cannot not be actuated.
Failure to obtain full movement of the
throttle or shift lever may be caused by
worn or broken teeth on the slider or on the
rocker of the shift handle.
damage results in the mechanism jumping a
tooth and loosing its "timing".
DISASSEMBLING
Removing Single and Double
Lever Shift Boxes
1- Remove the attaching
curing the shift box to the side of the boat.
Once the shift box is free, the service work
may be performed in the boat.
may remain as routed.
screws, on the side at the rear of the shift
box holding the two halves together.
ate the two halves.
OBSERVE
Observe how one side accommodates
throttle and the other. side the shift mech-
anism. Notice the plastic plate between the
two halves. This plate prevents any contact
between the shift parts and those for the
throttle.
Throttle Half Disassembling
2- Remove the
throttle handle to the shift box.
throttle handle and rocker free of the shift
box. If the handle is to be replaced,
it
has been removed showing
cable
full shift or full
Usually if improper
This type of
hardware se-
The cables
Remove the two
Separ-
the
screw attaching the
Lift the
the
SHIFT
shift ball on the end of the handle must be
removed and SAVED because a new ball is
not included with a new handle or a new
rocker.
3- Remove the two Allen screws, secur-
ing the ratchet to the end of the shift cable,
NEUTRAl
RANGE