Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 240

Connecting a throttle
nion.
engine. The problem may be in the tower
shaft between the connector of the throttle
and the armature plate.
may be "frozen", unable to move properly.
If the problem with shifting
engine, the first place to check is the area
where the shift lever extends through the
exhaust housing. The bushing may be worn,
or corroded. If the bushing requires
placement, the engine powerhead
removed, see Chapter 3. Another cause of
hard shifting is water
unit. In this case the lower unit must be
disassembled, see Chapter 8.
If hard shifting
the shift box when the controls are discon-
nected from the engine, the cables may be
corroded, and require replacment,
lubrication in the shift box has resulted in
excessive wear, or corrosion.
Unable to Obtain Full Shift
Movement or Full Throttle
Normally, this type of problem
result of improper
This area includes connection
and throttle cables in the shift box. If the
stainless steel inner wire was not heated and
the clamp did not hold the inner cable
(wire), the wire could slip inside the sleeve
Attaching a shift cable, with non-adjustable
nion, to the shift arm.
cable with adjustable
The armature plate
is at the
must be
entering the lower
is still encountered
or lack of
is the
shift box installation.
of the shift
trun-
FAST
trun-
re-
Double lever Shift box installed
at
lower unit engines.
are
parts available from OMC dealers.
and the cable would be shortened.
fore, if it is not possible to obtain full shift
or full throttle,
moved, opened, and checked for proper in-
stallation
slip at the engine end of the control,
problems at that end are very rare.
if improper installation
at the engine end, the ability to shift at all
is lost, or the throttle
ed.
Wire extended too far through the cable connector
(slider). The end of the wire should
slider surface.
NEW SHIFT LEVER
SPEED RANGE
NEUTRAL
with manual shift
This Shift box is still
the shift box must be re-
work. The inner wire could also
work has been done
cannot not be actuat-
7-7
-,
in use and
There-
but
Usually
be flush with the