Hello everyone,
I recently acquired a mariner 9.9 and took the lower unit off to inspect the water pump, clean, etc, but then I I noticed it wasn't shifting the shift shaft is loose, so I removed the propeller, gears, the propeller shaft, to get behind the gears in the gearbox to see why it wasn't engaging (f,n,r) , when i slide in the shift shaft and turn it 90 degrees it sorta catches back on to the part and will slide back and forth normally, but if i put pressure on the part it with a screw driver, it disconnects again. I would imagine the gear would put pressure on it and cause it to slip loose as well, which is why i use the screw driver to test it out.
Has anyone run into this problem before or know a solution to getting the shift shaft loose to pull it out an inspect it. Thank you for all suggestions and advice, I appreciate all the help I can get!
(PS: I will have photos shortly)
Ken
I recently acquired a mariner 9.9 and took the lower unit off to inspect the water pump, clean, etc, but then I I noticed it wasn't shifting the shift shaft is loose, so I removed the propeller, gears, the propeller shaft, to get behind the gears in the gearbox to see why it wasn't engaging (f,n,r) , when i slide in the shift shaft and turn it 90 degrees it sorta catches back on to the part and will slide back and forth normally, but if i put pressure on the part it with a screw driver, it disconnects again. I would imagine the gear would put pressure on it and cause it to slip loose as well, which is why i use the screw driver to test it out.
Has anyone run into this problem before or know a solution to getting the shift shaft loose to pull it out an inspect it. Thank you for all suggestions and advice, I appreciate all the help I can get!
(PS: I will have photos shortly)
Ken