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 Post subject: Re: Shifter
PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:11 am 
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I replaced my shift and throttle cables last year (well, I cheated and had my mechanic do it for me). Cables (ordered thru my FW dealer) ran about $50 each and they only use the TFXtreme now. BIG DIFFERENCE!

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 Post subject: Re: Shifter
PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:05 am 
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alex8q4 wrote:
Decision wrote:
alex8q4 - Where in Ontario are you boating out of? We have been lifted out for the season now but did spend Saturday/Sunday night sleeping on our boat while on blocks to prep boat for shrink wrapping.

Mike.



We keep our boat on Lake Wanapitei just outside of Sudbury. Our goal is to increase the amount of time we spend on Georgian Bay each year. This year we toured from Pen / Midland up to Britt, staying in Honey Harbour, Parry Sound, and Britt on various weekends.

This was done in our 24' Doral cuddy, so we are very excited to get the 268 out there!

You must have a heater, or much nicer weather than us if you were able sleep on your boat last weekend. I finished closing up our boat this weekend and drank a thermous of coffee in the process just to stay warm.... But i still enjoyed every minute of it!


Not to derail this shifter thread but to answer your question - Oh she was a wee bit chilly this past weekend in our area (we are within a 45 minute drive of the Windsor, Canada / Michigan, Detroit border. We could not use our self contained reverse heat unit on boat due to being on blocks, but one small ceramic electric heater plugged into the boat's shore power kept the cabin temperature ok even though our overnight low got to between 0 degree celsius and plus 2 celsius. My wife found some ice on our swim platform Sunday early morning.
You have a nice area to boat in, we really like the North Channel area as well.

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 Post subject: Re: Shifter
PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:19 am 
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Thanks for all the input guys.

Looks like I will be opening up the boat some time in the next few weeks to see if I can grab the ID number off of my existing cable. When I get it, I will post it for future reference... sounds like this is a very common item to replace.

I will be ordering the Teleflex Extreme cable without a doubt.

Decision,

To say you spent the weekend on the boat and found ice on the swim platform, that didn't originate from a beverage, has to put you into the top ranks of Canadian Boaters!

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 Post subject: Re: Shifter
PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:09 am 
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I changed my shift cable as reccommended this spring and I am happy to report great results.

To confirm for future readers, the required cable length was 18'.

Edit:

When confirming the new cable was adjusted properly I noticed that when shifting into reverse from neutral the drive locks instantly into reverse. When shifting to forward from neutral I can rotate the props as the drive slowly engages into gear.

My assumption is that the cone clutch is in action when shifting into forward, and this is what gives me extra smooth shifting. I also assume the cone clutch is not associated with reverse, and this is why I feel a bump when shifting into reverse.

Does this sound correct?

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