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I have a great (well it was great) 1999 Suzuki DF-15 w/ electric and manual start. The lower portion of the camshaft has sheared and this particular model has NO available replacement part. It is not like it's a 1940 outboard!!!! Anyway, the cam has two decompression pawls mounted to the exhaust lobes. These appear to be centrifically operated and each has a machine screw which bolts it on. I have the upper decompression pawl but the lower was ground up.
Problem.....I need a cam or the entire head for this unit either new or used.. It is definately not the 12711-93E11 cam. Might be the 12700-93E50 cam - obsolete!
When we start talking about "why" it sheared, I can only tell you that the machine screw holding the lower "no-decompression" pawl onto the camshaft had to have loosened up to a point where it jammed the cam and snapped it at the point where it was drilled for this pawl. A weak point in the cam indeed.
Maybe someone out there has an older engine of this type lying around waiting to become scrap! Hopefully so!
I have looked into the E-J motors that Suzuki built but they have the wrong cam configuration.....Hate to toss this 'ol girl out!
Andy Brown - West Palm Beach area of Florida. I appreciate any response.
Problem.....I need a cam or the entire head for this unit either new or used.. It is definately not the 12711-93E11 cam. Might be the 12700-93E50 cam - obsolete!
When we start talking about "why" it sheared, I can only tell you that the machine screw holding the lower "no-decompression" pawl onto the camshaft had to have loosened up to a point where it jammed the cam and snapped it at the point where it was drilled for this pawl. A weak point in the cam indeed.
Maybe someone out there has an older engine of this type lying around waiting to become scrap! Hopefully so!
I have looked into the E-J motors that Suzuki built but they have the wrong cam configuration.....Hate to toss this 'ol girl out!
Andy Brown - West Palm Beach area of Florida. I appreciate any response.
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