Motor pops out of water in reverse

dad3

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Sep 3, 2006
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My1992-25hp Johnson outboard bounces out of the water when trying to de-trailer. Anyone know why & how to fix it? I have looked for a locking mechanism but don't see anything that looks like it is broken.
 

ezeke

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Re: Motor pops out of water in reverse

Are you returning the tilt lever to the run position when you lower the motor? It is located on the starboard side near the top of the midsection on the transom bracket.

It has to be flipped up to manually raise the motor, but must be manually flipped down to keep the motor from bouncing around when running in reverse.
 

mcallan

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Re: Motor pops out of water in reverse

Is the tilt pin gone fell out somewhere possibly?
 
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