Okay, I will need some of yall's expert advice on this one! I ran a 9.9 Johnson this weekend. (thinking about buying it) Motor runs great at all ranges, no skips, no spitting..anyway, between half and full throttle (under pressure I guess) It would act as if it wanted to jump out of forward gear. It never did jump back to neutral, but I would, for a split second, quit pushing. It felt like the foot was hitting bottom, but I know that was not the case. It did this every 5 or 6 seconds. Next, I found that if I put a small amount of forward pressure on the gear control, it ran like a champ, no problems, no trying to jump out of gear. Next, I pulled the cover and looked around. (I am mechanical, but new to these things) There is an adjustable linkage in there coming from the control lever to a pivot point with notches in it that tell the operator that the the motor is in gear. I lengthened the linkage (about 3 rounds) in hopes of exerting more pressure on the forward position. I ran the motor again. It helped a lot, but still would try to jump every now and again, (say, once every two or three minutes). The linkage is close to being out of threads, so I dont think that is an option. How can I remedy this? Is there another adjustment? Is there a chance that something serious is wrong with the motor? Please give me some feedback. Thanks!
