Little knocking sound when giving a little throttle

[phatdaddy]

my outboard makes a ticking sound when u kill the motor with it in gear and moving forward. its the clutch dogs in the lower unit.

can u hear it when u spin the prop by hand?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Theres a good chance your shift linkage is out of adjustment or the shift cable going out to the leg is sticking or bad. You're probably hearing the clutch dogs touching from your description. Get it looked at as you do not want to damage the clutch dogs, if you do, it won't stsy in gear under power.

[jjuriga]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

my outboard makes a ticking sound when u kill the motor with it in gear and moving forward. its the clutch dogs in the lower unit.

can u hear it when u spin the prop by hand?

No noise when spinning by hand...

[macojoe]

I agree with Terminator

[bradford]

Shift it into gear and out and see if it changes, agree sounds like the linkage might have some slop.