Sears GAMEFISHER 225.581508 Owner's Manual page 11

OPERATION
MOTOR TILT ANGLE
IMPORTANT: ADJUST MOTOR TILT ANGLE, IF NECESSARY, BY CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE LOCK
BAR SO THAT THE PROPELLER SHAFT IS PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER WHEN THE BOAT IS
PLANING. SEE FIGURE 15 TO DETERMINE CORRECT MOTOR ANGLE.
• Adjust motor angle if motor is too close to transom or bow will dig in or plow.
LOCK BAR TOO LOW,
MOTOR TOO CLOSE
-2
CORRECT
LOCK BAR TOO HIGH,
MOTOR TOO FAR OUT
FIGURE 15
• Adjust motor angle, if motor is too far away from transom the bow may ride high, the boat may "porpoise," and
the motor may race.
PROPELLER
• Your engine is equipped with a general duty propeller which should give you good all around Operating charac-
teristics on a typical boat for this size engine.
• CJ_eck that motor is not over-revving (RPM too high) or lugging (RPM too low) at wide open throttle. Optional
propellers may be ordered from Sears.
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