one quick question on challenger

[1fast04neon]

97 challenger , i pulled the throttle and gear selector out to put speakers in the other day. put it back together and now the boat wont go in rev. and it pushes a little in neutral.. i didnt touch any of the adjustments ,,, any ideas???

 

[kustomkarl]

You might want to remove the gear shift / throttle selector and see what you disturbed.

Karl

 

[1fast04neon]

yea i did pull it back out several times.. nothing is binding.. it looks ok to me.. what should i be looking for as far as something that would hold it up like that?? if i look at the pump the gate does not cover the pump completely in neutral.. there is like inch or so exposed on the bottom.. could it be the ski-speed lever???

 

[Dr Honda]

yea i did pull it back out several times.. nothing is binding.. it looks ok to me.. what should i be looking for as far as something that would hold it up like that?? if i look at the pump the gate does not cover the pump completely in neutral.. there is like inch or so exposed on the bottom.. could it be the ski-speed lever???

In neutral, the pump will be open a little. The gate is for reverse, so if it's all the way down... it's in reverse.

Sounds like the adjustment is right. Pull the levers, and look at the lock-out. There is a pin to keep it from going into the reverse if the throttle is up. It sounds like it's just not moving back and forth. (probably needs a little lube)

 

[1fast04neon]

The lever will go to rev but the boat wont back up..and in netural the boat pushes forward ..

 

[dgrinnell]

I had mine out and the cable came off the handle for the reve. Mine did the same thing, good thing I take a set of tools out with me so I pulled the levers and fixed it right then.

 

[1fast04neon]

So just got home and checked it out.cable is still connected. Just wanted to check..reverse gate is down all the way covering the pump in reverse. Like 2 inch of bottom of pump exposed in neutral and all the way up in forward???