Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 265

8-6 LOWER UNIT
If the engine is the type
lower unit to be lowered slightly to gain
access to the shift rod:
unit slightly, and then hold the shift rod
with a pair of pliers and attempt
the shift lever on the starboard side of the
engine. If the lever can move, the
is damaged and must be repaired.
2- Disconnect the shift cable at the en-
gine. Attempt to shift the unit into forward
gear with the shift lever on the starboard
side of the engine and at the same time
rotate the propeller in an effort to shift into
gear. Shift the control lever at the control
box into forward gear.
at the engine up to the shift handle and
determine if the cable is properly aligned.
The control lever may have jumped a tooth
on the slider or on the shift lever arc.
tooth has been jumped, the cable would lose
its adjustment and the unit would fail to
shift properly. If the inner cable should slip
on the end cable
would be lost.
3- Move the shift lever at the engine
into the neutral position and the shift lever
at the control box to the neutral position.
Now, move the shift cable up to the shift
lever and see if it is aligned.
into reverse at the engine and shift the
control lever at the control box into re-
verse. Move the cable up and see if it is
Frontal vtew of low horsepower
Q
the mechanical shift lever
requirmg
Lower the lower
to move
bellcrank
Move the shift cable
If a
guide, the adjustment
Shift the unit
engine showing
on
the starboard side.
the
Powerhead
exposing the
bellcrank is quite different
previous page.
aligned. If the cable is properly aligned, but
the unit still jumps out of gear when the
cable is connected,
may exist.
a- The bel1crank is worn excessively or
damaged.
b- The coupler at the connector at the
shift rod is misaligned.
Window removed from
the shift connector,
draWing, upper left,
to
bolt the shift rod.
a
of low horsepower
interior of the exhaust
than the one shown
one of three conditions
This coupler is used
a to
lower unit
as explained in the text.
illustrates the relationship
engine removed
housing. This
on the
access to
gain
The detail
of the