Issues with new rebuilt transmission

Yesterday I got my boat back from the shop with a rebuilt Borg Warner direct drive. The problem is that I have to get the RPMs pretty high before the transmission engages. Once moving the transmission runs great, but not very idle for starting a wakeboarder. Does anyone know if there is an adjustment that can be made to fix this?

also my advice to you, is take it back to the shop, the problem is not going to get any better   eric

hopefully they checked that on re-install, well hopefully not, that would be a nice easy fix, make sure the shift lever is detented into the ball on the transmission in forward nuetral and reverse

Check your cable. There is a lot of adjustment in the threaded part on the end of the cable.

David F wrote: This sounds like the cla$$ic throttle cable adjustment error. Most people incorrectly adjust the throttle cable with the throttle lever in the neutral straight up positon. The CORRECT way is to disconnect the cable from the carb or TB arm, place the throttle lever in the forward, idle position (ie. tranny engage, engine at idle). Then, adjust the cable at the carb/TB arm. Try this at home, you will be amazed at the difference in static position (at the carb) when doing this.

I agree, but it could also be the transmission cable that is out of adjustment. That may make more sense since the tranny was just rebuilt. Try disconnecting one cable at a time to see which solves your problem.

I do not want to be a kill joy, and I am very happy you are good to go. BUT....

Do I understand correctly, that you modified the cable attachment at the transmission shift lever? Seems to me that if the transmission was engaging in gear at all, then the original cable position was doing the job and problem was in the throttle cable adjustment. With an improperly adjusted throttle cable, the throttle plates will definately open up BEFORE the transmision is fully shifted into gear (forward or reverse). Again, not adjusting the throttle cable with the control lever in the forward (in gear) idle position is incorrect and CAN (mostly likely) cause the problem you were having.

So, I could be reading your post incorrectly, but it seems you compensated for the out of adjustment throttle cable by moving the transmission shift cable.