HI Bo
What model pedestal and engine and tranny? If your tranny is a cone design, it is critical to get full throw at the tranny shift lever or there will be slippage The outer sheath is (should be) clamped on both ends so does not move. I see a hole in your pedestal tube. Is that for a set screw to hold a bracket?? At the pedestal, can your shifter hit the pedestal body? If so there may be a problem as insufficient throw at the tranny. On mine, there is a double spring at the tranny so tranny is fully engaged with a bit of spring compression before shifter hits body both fwd and rev. Under deck, verify sheath does not move when shifting. If it does your pedestal clamping is suspect. At the tranny, verify the cable sheath is secure and does not move. Verify the inner cable is correctly attached to the tranny lever so the lever goes its full travel in fwd and rev. On ours, the lever is simply clamped onto a rod that goes into the tranny and can slip. On mine (Kanzaki on a Yanmar engine) there are two attachment holes on the lever. The cable is attached to the inner one so there is sufficient throw of the cable. Hope this helps John and Maryann Legacy III 1982 C&C 34 Noank, CT From: General Gao via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2021 1:37 PM To: Stus-List Cc: General Gao Subject: Stus-List help with shift cable issue I am continuing with my work on the shift cable issue. To summarize, the shift cable suddenly could not shift the gearbox properly. Looking at the gearbox side, the cable conduit ends may have moved and caused the issue. I've verified the cable at the engine end did not change I took a couple of pictures at the control end of things: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nXEiGVBoIcaEGtVxav6felcClgAVns2b/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Lji9SQ1EPGDig2bngtrdwHd4I0moIBa/view?usp=sharing I am thinking something got loose at the pedestal side, the conduit end bracket might got loose; however I could not find the screw that sets the distance of the conduit end from the control lever. Am I missing something? Regards, Bo
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