Re: help removing shift and throttle linkage from motor??
JUST HAD TO REVERSE BOTH CABLES ON A 74 500 50HP, (PERVIOUS OWNER JUST SLAPPED LOWER END AND CABLES TOGETHER) REMOVE THE WRAP AROUND COWLING, IF LIKE THE '74 CONNECTIONS ON LEFT SIDE. ONE IS CONNECTED TO A LRVER THAT WHEN MOVED , MOVES THE DISTRIBUTER, DISCONNECT THE ROD FROM LEVER. THEN TAKE OUT PIVOT BOLT, THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO PULL THE LEVER UP TO ACCESS THE CABLE END, THERE TS A LITTLE SPRING LOADED PLATE THAT HOLDS THE CABLE. MOVE PLATE AND CABLE WILL COME OFF. THEN THERE IS (ON 74) A COTTER PIN THAT HOLDS THE CABLE BARREL IN PLACE, ALSO THIS IS WHERE ADJUSTMENT IS MADE, REMOVE COTTER PIN AND BARREL SHOULD COME OFF.
MOVE CABLE OUT OF ENGINE.
THEN THE SHIFT CABLE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT CABLE BARREL IS SAME SET UP, BUT CABLE END HAS A SLIDE PLATE THAT COVERS THE END , LOOSEN THE SCREW THAT HOLDS THE PLATE AND JUST LIFT AND SLIDE BACK THEN PULL CABLE END UP OFF PIN.
INSTALL IS JUST OPPOSIT. JUST REMEMBER THROTTEL CABLE COMES OUT FIRST, THEN SHIFT CABLE.
ALSO DOUBLE CHECK OPERATION FO CABLES BEFOR INSTALL SO YOU WONT GET BACKWARDS . BENN THERE / DONE THAT HINCE THE
