Brunswick Corporation

Terrel C Warhurst

David C Entringer

A shift cable assembly for a marine drive having a clutch and gear assembly (18), includes a remote control (11) for selectively positioning the clutch and gear assembly into forward, neutral and reverse, a control cable (10) connecting the remote control to a shift lever (3) pivotally mounted on a shift plate (2), a drive cable (17) connecting the shift lever on the shift plate to the clutch and gear assembly, and a spring guide assembly (100) with compression springs (101, 102, 103) biased to a loaded condition by movement of the remote control from neutral to forward and also biased to a loaded condition by movement of the remote control from neutral to reverse. The bias minimizes chatter of the clutch and gear assembly upon shifting into gear, and aids shifting out of gear and minimizes slow shifting out of gear and returns the remote control to neutral, all with minimum backlash of the cables. The spring guide assembly includes an outer tube (106) mounted to the shift plate, and a spring biased plunger (107) axially reciprocal in the outer tube and mounted at its outer end (10a) to the shift lever.

Marine shift cable assembly with spring guide

An adjustment assembly for axially positioning the spool and associated centering spring within the bore of a valve body includes a cylindrical sleeve disposed around and connected to the cylindrical surface of the spool. The cylindrical sleeve includes radial surfaces that act to adjust the spring seats for the centering spring so that axial movement of the cylindrical sleeve results in axial movement of the spool and the spring seats for the centering spring.

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Oshkosh, WI, United States of America

Terrel C Warhurst