matt323232
Cadet
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- Apr 15, 2013
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I have a '94 force 40hp, bought used 6 months ago. When I first got it it would jump gear doing the famous "hitting a log feeling" bucking out of forward gear. Went from doing it every 5 minutes to 1 minute then every few seconds. I put a '88 50hp forward gear and it worked for about 5 hours then same problem. I can tighten the nut and sleeve on the linkage and it will work good, by the time I have adjusted it 3-5 times it will no longer have enough to reach reverse. What lower units will fit, I have found a mid 80's 35hp force lower unit but I noticed when I research the gears the 35hp has different gear part numbers inside lower unit. 40hp has forward gear # 817824a2 35hp is 819255a3. It works good when I rebuild the lower unit but it never last more than a few hours. Are the force motors known to have really bad lower unit or am I missing something. Thanks