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predictor cables and gearshift

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stimpy451

New member
Went to Higgins Friday night, dumped the boat in the water and when shifting to leave the lagoon, CLUNK. No gear. Lever mechanism jammed up, so I FORCED it. Heard metallic "clunk" in the remote control housing. Pulled the boat out.

Visited a few marinas, finally ended up at a junkyard and miraculously found a complete control unit that had the gear that I needed. Took it back, found out there were two gears broken [the gearshift detent and gearshift pinion gears]. The pinion gear has three teeth that engage the detent gear, and the middle tooth was broken. I broke the larger detent gear when I forced it.

So you guessed it, the pinion gear on the new box was broken as well. Weekend over. The guy at the junkyard gave me my $60 back tho, which was mighty damn nice of him. If you ever need used parts, visit Valley Sales on County Road 100 near Houghton Lake.

So now I need to order the pinion gear [43-65734] and new cables at lunch. I don't know the length of the cables, so that might have to wait unless someone else has a Predictor with the 1150 and knows the length....

The weather is supposed to hold this weekend, hopefully I can get it fixed in time.

Here's a valuable lesson though: CHANGE YOUR CONTROL CABLES WHEN THEY START TO MOVE HARD.

Pete
Bay City, MI
 
Went to Higgins Friday night, dumped the boat in the water and when shifting to leave the lagoon, CLUNK. No gear. Lever mechanism jammed up, so I FORCED it. Heard metallic "clunk" in the remote control housing. Pulled the boat out.

Visited a few marinas, finally ended up at a junkyard and miraculously found a complete control unit that had the gear that I needed. Took it back, found out there were two gears broken [the gearshift detent and gearshift pinion gears]. The pinion gear has three teeth that engage the detent gear, and the middle tooth was broken. I broke the larger detent gear when I forced it.

So you guessed it, the pinion gear on the new box was broken as well. Weekend over. The guy at the junkyard gave me my $60 back tho, which was mighty damn nice of him. If you ever need used parts, visit Valley Sales on County Road 100 near Houghton Lake.

So now I need to order the pinion gear [43-65734] and new cables at lunch. I don't know the length of the cables, so that might have to wait unless someone else has a Predictor with the 1150 and knows the length....

The weather is supposed to hold this weekend, hopefully I can get it fixed in time.

Here's a valuable lesson though: CHANGE YOUR CONTROL CABLES WHEN THEY START TO MOVE HARD.

Pete
Bay City, MI
 
Just to have this in the archives for people to search: The cable length for a '79 Predictor with the stock 1150 and control box is 10'6".

P.
 
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