I have the cover all off, have looked over all 4 contacts for forward and reverse. They don't appear burnt or out of sorts on the tips of them and in fact when they are clicking it's both at the same time on forward or reverse. I suspect the issue may be in the pot or the switches under the accelerator actuated by the gear inside the accelerator housing.

I will adjust the pot tomorrow and move forward from there. Would one of these switches giving a dirty signal instead of a clean on/off cause this type of symptom?? I checked them with a simple ohm meter but previous experience on other switches tells me that just because the ohm meter says it's working it may not be working correctly.