The boat won't shift fowerd but will shift in reverse

BERT01

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Hi: went fishing yesterday july 4th took the boat out of the trailer the fowerd worked stoped fish for a bid, moved to
another place stayed there for about 20 minutes put the boat on fowerd mode but did not work had to take the boat
reverse for about five miles to the dock, looked at it home the prope locks in reverse but on fowerd the prop just
spins like its in neutral. does anybody knows what could couse that. thank you BERT01
 

eavega

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Re: The boat won't shift fowerd but will shift in reverse

I had something similar happen. Turns out that my shift cables were out of adjustment. The post where the lower shift cable attaches to the shift plate had come loose, and would only allow the shift into reverse. I re-adjusted and tightened everything back down, and its been working like a champ for a couple of trips now.

Hope that helps give you a starting point.

Rgds

Eric
 

81 Checkmate

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Re: The boat won't shift fowerd but will shift in reverse

When was the last time the lower shift cable was replaced?

Read up on it in the Adult only sections and you will understand how it works....
 
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