Clicking into gear

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   Let me start by saying I haven't owned a Ski Nautique in over 25 years. I have a question about what I remember from my 86 model. When I put it in gear, I remember a very distinct click and at that point a slow engagement of the transmission. I have purchased a 93 model and it doesn't seem to have that click point. You move the shift lever and it just engages at some point but you really don't know where that is. Is this an issue with the shift lever? or would it be the transmission linkage. Seems to do it in both forward and reverse so it makes me think it's in the shift lever.
Thanks in advance.
Mark

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marshef5893 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: May-27-2024 Location: Florence AL Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote marshef5893 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Clicking into gear Posted: May-28-2024 at 11:33am
	Let me start by saying I haven't owned a Ski Nautique in over 25 years. I have a question about what I remember from my 86 model. When I put it in gear, I remember a very distinct click and at that point a slow engagement of the transmission. I have purchased a 93 model and it doesn't seem to have that click point. You move the shift lever and it just engages at some point but you really don't know where that is. Is this an issue with the shift lever? or would it be the transmission linkage. Seems to do it in both forward and reverse so it makes me think it's in the shift lever. Thanks in advance. Mark

TRBenj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-29-2005 Location: NWCT Status: Offline Points: 21186	Post Options Post Reply Quote TRBenj Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-28-2024 at 2:12pm
	Could be the control, the cable or the trans shift mechanism. Time to disconnect some stuff and see where the problem truly lies.

KENO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-06-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11125	Post Options Post Reply Quote KENO Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-28-2024 at 6:36pm
	So you're missing the click......here's a picture of the inside of a Morse throttle control like yours You see 3 yellow lines pointing at 3 detents in the mechanism and you see a spring and ball. One detent for neutral one for forward and one for reverse. Shift to forward and you get the click when the ball is in the forward detent, same for shifting back to neutral or shifting to reverse Right now the shifter is in neutral You'll have to remove the control and take it apart to see what the problem is. Maybe a broken spring, dried up grease or a missing ball and/or spring if it's been apart before Maybe shallow detents It's only scary the first time you take one apart Maybe somebody with a 93 (samudj01 comes to mind) can tell you how pronounced his click is......or isn't as compared to one of his earlier boats like the 78 Tique. I think he'll be around to give some input

samudj01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974	Post Options Post Reply Quote samudj01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-28-2024 at 7:10pm
	I have good clicks on both the 93 and 78 Morse throttles. Our older 72 does not. Now I want to take the 72 apart. I would start with disconnecting the cables and reattaching them with the procedure in the faq. That has solved issues for us in the past when getting the 78 control working right.
	78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409 Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351

Morfoot Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: February-06-2004 Location: South Lanier Status: Offline Points: 5320	Post Options Post Reply Quote Morfoot Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-29-2024 at 6:01am
	storm34 did a morse control rebuild thread a few years ago. Check it out. MV-1: Step-by-step teardown, clean and assemble. - CorrectCraftFan.com Forums - Page 1
	"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"

marshef5893 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: May-27-2024 Location: Florence AL Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote marshef5893 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June-03-2024 at 2:26pm
	Thank you very much. I will attempt to tear apart the controls. I felt like there should be clicks into and out of gear. The picture with the 3 lines make it pretty clear. Thanks again, Mark

KENO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-06-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11125	Post Options Post Reply Quote KENO Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June-03-2024 at 6:04pm
	This would be a good time to check/replace if necessary the brass cable ends where they attach to the arms on the back of the throttle control and also make sure the cables move freely while everything is disassembled

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