It looks like the "cable conduit" is held to a stabilizing beam with hose clamps. Am I seeing that correctly? If the conduit has NOT slid in those hose clamps then you're probably not going to find any luck inside the pedestal. On the other hand if the conduit has slid in the hose clamps you may find that simply resetting the position and re-clamping with the hose clamps is sufficient regardless of what you find (or don't find) inside the pedestal.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 09:45 General Gao via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Thx John. My engine is a Universal diesel M30; the pedestal is a Edson, > probably a very old model from the 1970s. > > I am planning to take the top of the pedestal apart today and see if I can > find anything there. > > Thx. > > Bo > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 7:56 AM John and Maryann Read via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks - Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
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