I'm trying to help out my girl friends Dad, and want to know what I'm getting into before I try to repair it myself.
He has a 2000 Yamaha 9.9 outboard motor on his sail boat. The only time he uses the motor it to motor in and out of the marina. Late last season he was having difficulty getting the motor to shift from Neutral to Reverse. Now the shifting issue has gotten much worse to where he is scared to take it out on the lake.
Last time I was up at the lake I found these symptoms all while the motor was off:
1) Difficulty shifting, into reverse. His motor has the shifting lever and throttle control on the tiller. 99% of the time when you try to shift from neutral to reverse, the shift cable stop pops out of the housing (which is located right at the front of the top cowling). Once the cable stop pops out you are stuck in neutral. And cannot shift at all.
2) After this happens you have to pull apart the housing and reinstall the cable stop and try again. Or on the right side of the motor you can try to shift the gears manually with a socket wrench. With the wrench I still could not get it to shift into reverse (but could get it into forward just fine).
3) I found if you line up the prop in a specific direction (in this case one blade of the prop facing 12 o'clock) you can shift just fine in and out of gear. But once the prop is off that mark, you ran back into case 1.
Initially I thought it was a bend shift rod. But after finding that sweet spot to be able to shift just fine made me think its a worn dog gear. I have a direct drive ski boat and can work on that just fine, but outboards are different breed. So I am hoping for some advice and guidance.
Thanks in advance.
Joe
He has a 2000 Yamaha 9.9 outboard motor on his sail boat. The only time he uses the motor it to motor in and out of the marina. Late last season he was having difficulty getting the motor to shift from Neutral to Reverse. Now the shifting issue has gotten much worse to where he is scared to take it out on the lake.
Last time I was up at the lake I found these symptoms all while the motor was off:
1) Difficulty shifting, into reverse. His motor has the shifting lever and throttle control on the tiller. 99% of the time when you try to shift from neutral to reverse, the shift cable stop pops out of the housing (which is located right at the front of the top cowling). Once the cable stop pops out you are stuck in neutral. And cannot shift at all.
2) After this happens you have to pull apart the housing and reinstall the cable stop and try again. Or on the right side of the motor you can try to shift the gears manually with a socket wrench. With the wrench I still could not get it to shift into reverse (but could get it into forward just fine).
3) I found if you line up the prop in a specific direction (in this case one blade of the prop facing 12 o'clock) you can shift just fine in and out of gear. But once the prop is off that mark, you ran back into case 1.
Initially I thought it was a bend shift rod. But after finding that sweet spot to be able to shift just fine made me think its a worn dog gear. I have a direct drive ski boat and can work on that just fine, but outboards are different breed. So I am hoping for some advice and guidance.
Thanks in advance.
Joe