I had my neighbor move the cable to where it’s at a little bit of an angle while I tried to shift it and the problem came right back. So I think it is the cable. Something is binding up inside when it’s not perfectly straight. He also noticed some fun tidbits that I didn’t, look at the picture...
Well I’m glad you said that, cause now that it’s disconnected, it does move pretty well. There a little bit of rust on it and some water was coming out of the cable. Now im not sure how smooth the linkage on the drive actually is. I’ll see if I can post a video
I don’t know if I did at the right time. I just disconnected the drive end and made sure all of that linkage moved freely, which it does. The So I was going to go ahead and replace the cable.
Just to update this post in case anyone else out there needs it one day. This is to replace a control cable for a 2004 Regal 1800 bowrider. It has the Volvo Penta 4.3 GL and Volvo Penta SX outdrive. I found this video helpful to get the cable removed.
Had to press to neutral button down and use the handle to heave it back into place. Seems like it is indeed the gear shifting cable that’s the problem, it’s pretty sticky! Thanks for your help! Now onto figuring out how to replace the cable! Thanks
2004 regal 1800 with a Volvo penta 4.3 GL. I’ve only taken the boat out once and the throttle control was having a lot of trouble getting in/out of neutral. My plan was to take it off and test the cables and the mechanism to see if anything was sticking. I disconnected the gear cable (I think)...
