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Need help with thrusters
- Bradorksy
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Need help with thrusters
Without much experience in that size of boats. Today when i was trying to back in the slip i had a hart time.
Mine number 1 problem was control ,its stiff ,hard to move forward or back and finding natural its a challenge.
Now is the question , is there anything i can do to make that shifter running smooth or that the way is should be?
Plus the starboard engine before it goes in to reverse i have to reve it up the RPM ,so it makes nice challenge
for someone like me to back in the slip . Any help for me ? Or just have to learn hard way to do it?
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Re: Need help with thrusters
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Re: Need help with thrusters
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Re: Need help with thrusters
- Bradorksy
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Re: Need help with thrusters
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Re: Need help with thrusters
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Re: Need help with thrusters
Does the engine stall if you shift into reverse without increasing throttle? What is your idle rpm set at?
Increasing throttle to shift is not the right answer and will cause damage to a transmission or sterndrive.
- Bradorksy
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Re: Need help with thrusters
Thats the whole package im worry about , incrising RPM dont sound so good to me too.
Port side engine shifin to revers without any problems( not counting stiffness ) but starbord needs more RPM to engage in to gear. I guess i have 2 problems, or one bigger one .
- Bradorksy
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Re: Need help with thrusters
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Re: Need help with thrusters
You mentioned that everything is stiff to shift, that can be the control at the helm, the upper shift cable, the lower shift cable or all of them. If it is indeed a Bravo, your clutch may need replacing as requiring higher rpm to engage the gear is a symptom of a worn clutch, wrong oil, incorrectly adjusted shift cable setting, etc. When you increase rpm to shift and it finally goes into gear, will it stay in gear when you bring throttle back to idle?
I suspect this is not an EFI application but is that idle rpm in neutral or in gear? If that number is in neutral, what happens to idle rpm when you put it in gear and the drive engages?Bradorksy wrote:Source of the post....mercruiser 5.7 Idle rpm is around 600-700....
What year is the boat?
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