Merc Lower Shift cable Installation

[crawdadric]

1985 Sea Ray SRV300 Twin 5.7L Mercruiser with Alpha Gen 1 outdrives.<br /><br />I was reading in the Mercruiser Service Manual (Number 6) about installing the shift cable. It said to install the shift cable retaining nut using the shift cable removal/installation tool. No more then 2 threads on retaining nut should be exposed.<br /><br />The 2 threads thing is throwing me. Are they saying that when you install the cable, you don't tighten it down completely to the bell housing? The one I removed was tightened all the way. What is the reasoning for leaving some thread exposed?<br /><br />Thank you in advance...

 

[tommays]

Re: Merc Lower Shift cable Installation

The 2 threads thing is to be sure its in enough to allow FULL travel of the shifter if you left 4 threads it would not travel all the way<br /><br />If it keeps turning you have to get it tight<br /><br />tommays