Now that I have got my engine problems ironed out and things running sweet I have a lower unit issue I need to address.<br /><br />I have struggled with this problem for some time now and thought I had it fixed but it has reoccurred. Back in the fall she was grinding bad when I shifted into reverse. I adjusted the shift linkage but that wasn't the problem. I also was getting some water in the gear case so I pulled it off and replaced the seals. The clutch dog and reverse gear didn't look too bad so I didn't replace them at that time. I just picked up a new clutch dog and gears on ebay for almost nothing (first time I ever got something on ebay with nobody bidding against me), lucky I guess. And I will use the new ones when I tear it down this time.<br /><br />Anyway where my problem comes from is not the gears but the shift rod. While on the bench she shifted smoothly from forward to neutral but if I let it sit a day would not shift from neutral to reverse. I would have to spray wd 40 down into the detent mechanism and free it up. Even after I filled the lower unit with gear oil if it sat overnight I would have to work it a little to get it to shift to reverse smoothly. I put it back on the boat and it worked fine when I tried it out. I just spent a week in Southwest Florida fishing and from time to time had problems with it not shifting into reverse. <br /><br />While I had the gear case apart I looked at the detent ball and spring and the mechanism showed no obvious signs of wear. Does anybody have any ideas or ever dealt with a similar problem?
