Just replaced my shift cable and ginbal bearing on a alpha one gen ll, as I tried to put the lower unit back on it stopped about an inch from going in and will not come back out ...any suggestions would be great!!
Put a block of wood on top of the drive and trim the rams up. It will push the drive off.
THEN - you will need to use the alignment bar to set the gimbal bearing. Put the alignment bar in as far as it will go through the bearing and into the coupler. Use a large hammer and hit the bar in four directions - up, down, left, right. Then check your alignment.
By "lower unit" do you mean the whole outdrive, right? The outdrive itself is two part bolted to each other informally known as upper and lower units each one of them is "half" of the outdrive. I believe you are referring to your whole outdrive,
Just for future reference, you MUST check alignment before and after but too late for that know. Try to shake the drive up and down with a little bit of force and see if it will break loose
have tried everything to break it loose but still no luck! the roller has slipped out of the shift cable and there isn't enough room to get it back I position.
Put a block of wood on top of the drive and trim the rams up. It will push the drive off.
THEN - you will need to use the alignment bar to set the gimbal bearing. Put the alignment bar in as far as it will go through the bearing and into the coupler. Use a large hammer and hit the bar in four directions - up, down, left, right. Then check your alignment.
