Thread: Throttle Problem?

Kinda sounds like the shift cable has streched and over time the clutch dog has rounded off, I can't remember the adjustment for more throw into forward gear. It needs to go into forward farther than reverse because you never try to get on plane going backwards. I think that if you look where the cable comes out of the handle, there should be a trunion that it wraps around , look to see which way it moves going into forward then look for an adjustment to get a little more. If it has rounded off the clutch dog , forward gear , may not be much hope except to replace them, but I haven't seen much of this problem, most likely the cable.

Are you sure it was going into neutral or was the prop hub slipping? Lots of time with a slipping hub you can idle around just fine but when you hammer down on the gas the props just spins around the rubber hub and you don't get any forward push. You can tell if this is happening by using a magic marker and marking a line across the hub and prop barrel. Take it to the lake and replicate event and then see if the lines match up, if not the hub is spun. You can have a new one pressed in at a prop shop.

Originally Posted by Slab Junkie

Are you sure it was going into neutral or was the prop hub slipping? Lots of time with a slipping hub you can idle around just fine but when you hammer down on the gas the props just spins around the rubber hub and you don't get any forward push. You can tell if this is happening by using a magic marker and marking a line across the hub and prop barrel. Take it to the lake and replicate event and then see if the lines match up, if not the hub is spun. You can have a new one pressed in at a prop shop.

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