No Edward, the screw in between teeth. Don warns over and over how not doing so can cause a big cracking issue.
So here's a debrief to try to keep this thread on topic and less confusing:
1. I adjusted my forward and reversing settings as reverse was not engaging.
2. After adjustment, forward would slip out but reverse was perfect.
3. Reset forward to original teeth setting. (I had marked them prior)
4. Now I have 500-600 extra RPM. Yes, odd indeed.
5. Have determined it's not slipping and artifically showing better engine rev because of poor engagement.
6. One thing I did between the forward adjustment and then setting it back was to rev the engine pretty high and just read the rpms while in neutral. I was a litte afraid of throwing a rod or harming my old engine but I did run it at about 2200 rpm for about 30-seconds with my fingers crossed. Some of you may say, "why the hell did you do that?" Regardless, it's done and nothing blew up...lol...
7. Per #4 above, after that rev up test was when I set the forward back to the original settings.
8. Theory...could it be I knocked some carbon or something off inside the engine and now it has better power output? The "only" abnormal thing I did was to rev it up to 2200. Nothing else I did should be able to increase the same rpms I've had for 13-years.
So, all seems to be well. Reverse is working perfectly, Forward is firm, but maybe a little less firm to engage than it was, even as it's set back to its original adjustment.
Maybe someone can tell me if I accidentally cleaned the inside of my engine by running it as such high rpms, thus, giving me 500-600 new rpms and about 1.25 more kts at full throttle.
So here's a debrief to try to keep this thread on topic and less confusing:
1. I adjusted my forward and reversing settings as reverse was not engaging.
2. After adjustment, forward would slip out but reverse was perfect.
3. Reset forward to original teeth setting. (I had marked them prior)
4. Now I have 500-600 extra RPM. Yes, odd indeed.
5. Have determined it's not slipping and artifically showing better engine rev because of poor engagement.
6. One thing I did between the forward adjustment and then setting it back was to rev the engine pretty high and just read the rpms while in neutral. I was a litte afraid of throwing a rod or harming my old engine but I did run it at about 2200 rpm for about 30-seconds with my fingers crossed. Some of you may say, "why the hell did you do that?" Regardless, it's done and nothing blew up...lol...
7. Per #4 above, after that rev up test was when I set the forward back to the original settings.
8. Theory...could it be I knocked some carbon or something off inside the engine and now it has better power output? The "only" abnormal thing I did was to rev it up to 2200. Nothing else I did should be able to increase the same rpms I've had for 13-years.
So, all seems to be well. Reverse is working perfectly, Forward is firm, but maybe a little less firm to engage than it was, even as it's set back to its original adjustment.
Maybe someone can tell me if I accidentally cleaned the inside of my engine by running it as such high rpms, thus, giving me 500-600 new rpms and about 1.25 more kts at full throttle.
Comment