Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 238

and then pull the ratchet
end. Take care not to loose the small brass
sleeve.
GOOD WORDS
As the ratchet
cable end, take notice of exactly where the
Allen screws made contact with the cable as
an aid during installation.
small sleeve from the ratchet.
Shift Half Disassembling
4-
Lift the lever handle asembly free of
the shift box.
5-
Remove the ratchet
shift cable. This is accomplished by loosen-
ing the Allen screws
pulling the ratchet free of the cable.
care not to loose the small brass sleeve.
CLEANING AND INSPECTING
Check to be sure the teeth on the rocker
of the shift and throttle
or damaged. Inspect the ratchets
from the end of the cables.
should not be damaged or worn excessively.
Wash the outside and inside of the shift
box halves with solvent and dry them thor-
oughly with a cloth or compressed air.
Throttle Cable Lubrication
6- If the throttle
to be replaced, now is an excellent
lubricate the inner wires.
inner wire, remove the casing guide from
TRUNNION
free of the cable
is removed from the
Remove the
from the end of
in the sleeve and
Take
handle are not worn
removed
The teeth
or shift cables are not
time to
To lubricate the
SHIFT
HANDLE
DOUBLE SHIFT LEVER
the cable at both ends.
drill to one end of the wire.
turn the dirll on and off to rotate the wire
and at the same time allow lubricant to flow
into the cable, as shown.
ASSEMBLING SHIFT BOX
CRITCAL WORDS
Loca tion of the cable
upmost importance.
be tightened hard, until there is a definite
crimp in the wire. If the Allen screw is not
tightened enough, the cable will slip in the
sleeve and the adjustment will be lost.
1- On some shift and throttle
manufactured by Johnson/Evinrude,
ner cable is made of stainless steel.
working with one of these wires, the end
must be heated to remove the temper and
thus allow the Allen screw to make a crimp
in the wire. If the end of a stainless steel
wire has a blue color, the temper has been
TAKE CARE
removed.
stainless steel wire with a torch because it
has a very low melting point.
Throttle Half Assembling
2-
Insert the small sleeve onto the end
of the ratchet with the two Allen screws
started in the sleeve.
has a hole completely through it.
CRIMPED
WIRE
Attach an electric
Momentarily
end is of the
One Allen screw must
cables not
the in-
When
not to overheat the
Notice how the sleeve
The shift
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