Hey Guys,
I had a strange outing yesterday. Launched and proceeded at cruise speed up river towards lakehead at gentle cruising speed, all good. There's a narrows by the Lakehead so I went to throttle back to reduce my wake and the lever would not come back. Used a bit of force and it popped back engine revs went up and I was like WTF is happening here. Pushed forward (stiff) and popped boat back into gear at fairly high revs (probably 2500+). At this point we are on a river with swift current flow so I tried again and another high rev shift. At this point I shut off the motor and signalled for assistance on the water. Was towed to a nearby launch at the narrows.
Throttle lever would not go forward without a stiff grinding feel. Opened the engine cover and all cable connections seem fine. But now with boat in neutral I start it and revs just shoot up.
Trailered home thinking my throttle control lever was shot. Took side panels off and undid bolts to pull throttle/transmission lever mechanism out for a look. Still a stiff grinding feel. Took another look at cable connections and the connector at the throttle body just under the air filter had the plate that it rotates not sitting back on it's resting point. Wasn't sure if that was normal so I undid the clip and moved the cable end around a bit. Popped it back on and the throttle body plate that rotates was now rotated all the way back to the stop (the return spring is in place).
Funny thing is that the throttle lever now works smooth as silk forward backwards no problem but there was no kinking on the cable at the engine end. I start the boat and now it idles like normal start. Shift trans into forward gear and it's nice and quiet, propellor turns. Shift to reverse and the usual clunk, propellor turns.
Shut off thinking I may have dodged a bullet but on firing up to try again and shifting into gear the transmission now started to make a very loud whining noise. Only when in gear not in neutral. The whine slows down as the shaft stops spinning. Give it some throttle and gets very loud.
Do any of you guys have thoughts on this? Trans oil shows full, clean and red. I'm thinking those couple of high rev shifts are to blame and trans may have to come out in the spring.
I am trying to put the video on Youtube with a link here so you can see and hear it. Stay tuned.
This is the video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0InYffHT8
Thanks for any help you can provide.
2002 21iR (mid-year boat came with 2003 hull change)
Mag 350
Direct Drive - Velvet Drive model 10-17-004 1:1 ratio
approx 325 hours
I had a strange outing yesterday. Launched and proceeded at cruise speed up river towards lakehead at gentle cruising speed, all good. There's a narrows by the Lakehead so I went to throttle back to reduce my wake and the lever would not come back. Used a bit of force and it popped back engine revs went up and I was like WTF is happening here. Pushed forward (stiff) and popped boat back into gear at fairly high revs (probably 2500+). At this point we are on a river with swift current flow so I tried again and another high rev shift. At this point I shut off the motor and signalled for assistance on the water. Was towed to a nearby launch at the narrows.
Throttle lever would not go forward without a stiff grinding feel. Opened the engine cover and all cable connections seem fine. But now with boat in neutral I start it and revs just shoot up.
Trailered home thinking my throttle control lever was shot. Took side panels off and undid bolts to pull throttle/transmission lever mechanism out for a look. Still a stiff grinding feel. Took another look at cable connections and the connector at the throttle body just under the air filter had the plate that it rotates not sitting back on it's resting point. Wasn't sure if that was normal so I undid the clip and moved the cable end around a bit. Popped it back on and the throttle body plate that rotates was now rotated all the way back to the stop (the return spring is in place).
Funny thing is that the throttle lever now works smooth as silk forward backwards no problem but there was no kinking on the cable at the engine end. I start the boat and now it idles like normal start. Shift trans into forward gear and it's nice and quiet, propellor turns. Shift to reverse and the usual clunk, propellor turns.
Shut off thinking I may have dodged a bullet but on firing up to try again and shifting into gear the transmission now started to make a very loud whining noise. Only when in gear not in neutral. The whine slows down as the shaft stops spinning. Give it some throttle and gets very loud.
Do any of you guys have thoughts on this? Trans oil shows full, clean and red. I'm thinking those couple of high rev shifts are to blame and trans may have to come out in the spring.
I am trying to put the video on Youtube with a link here so you can see and hear it. Stay tuned.
This is the video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0InYffHT8
Thanks for any help you can provide.
2002 21iR (mid-year boat came with 2003 hull change)
Mag 350
Direct Drive - Velvet Drive model 10-17-004 1:1 ratio
approx 325 hours
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