[Rhodes22-list] Mercury 9.9 question

[Dennis McNeely]

Peter,

We have a 9.9 Mercury Bigfoot, bought new in 2009 (but it's a 2005 
model). Shifting from neutral to either forward or reverse does take a 
bit of effort. If I'm trying to get low power in either forward or 
reverse from the detente for neutral, generally I overshoot the mark and 
have to back down to slow speed. Having said that, I generally overshoot 
by only a few hundred rpm and can quickly back down to low speed again. 
I've never hit anywhere close to full throttle when shifting though.

Good luck with it.

(Another) Dennis
s/v Magic Moments


On 11/18/2011 11:48 AM, peter klappert wrote:
> I have a lightly used Merc 9.9 Bigfoot. Both shift and throttle are controlled by turning the the tiller handle. I wonder if mine needs adjusting or if my situation is normal.
>
> viz: It seems to take a great deal of wrist and forearm force to shift from Neutral into Forward or Reverse. So much that I find, once the shift is made, it's hard not to keep turning and end up going full speed forward or full speed reverse.
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