Shimpinguy
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- May 18, 2011
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Trying to do right by this olde girl, I replaced her H20 impeller, as I have done successfully many times before. This time, once I reinstalled the LU, it was stuck in forward gear. I tried to reinstall again, just in case I had not connected the upper and lower shaft shifter together, but still the same. I pulled out the lower unit again thinking I had missed aligned the shaft shifter at the LU. When I turn the shifter on the LU, it very easily rotates 180 degrees to a positive stop in either direction, but I cannot fell any clicks where it will go into neutral or reverse. I SLOWLY turned the shifter shaft while turning the prop, then even tried turning the drive shaft, trying to find any other gear but it did not change. I can get the shifter to lock all the way counterclockwise, then after, putting the boat throttle shifter into forward and reinstalling the LU, still the same.
Could the shift shaft been pulled up out of the dog gears (not sure I am saying the internal right part) when I lowered the unit the first time? Maybe the joint between the upper and lower shift shaft was stuck and lifted out the shaft from the LU. If so, do I have to disassemble the entire lower end to fix the problem or just the shift shaft on top of the LU? Thank you for any ideas how to get my olde girl back on the water.
Could the shift shaft been pulled up out of the dog gears (not sure I am saying the internal right part) when I lowered the unit the first time? Maybe the joint between the upper and lower shift shaft was stuck and lifted out the shaft from the LU. If so, do I have to disassemble the entire lower end to fix the problem or just the shift shaft on top of the LU? Thank you for any ideas how to get my olde girl back on the water.