Everything seems free moving and floppy except the gear that pushes on the neutral safety switch on engine it does have quite a bit of resistance when engaging I might try and adjust it as well
So it should be harder going in to neutral from forward and from neutral to reverse, after pulling gear case and shifting the gears I thought it felt ok but I'm new to this world so I'm not real sure, I did find that the coupler nut that goes in between the shift rod form engine to the shift rod...
So I took shift rod loose at top of gearcase where it goes down into gear case and shifted it in to drive and reverse by hand it was the same I'll post pic of where I took shift rod loose ya think there could be build up below where rod goes into gear case?
2000 evinrude (Suzuki) 50hp 4stroke goes into drive really easy but back into neutral is stiff and putting it into reverse I have to really put a lot of force into it I replaced the shift cables and checked all linkage nothing changed, I took it out on the water this weekend and it's same goes...
Ok so I got done with the restoration boat looks great, took it out on lake and is the same as described I can shift into drive with ease but going back into neutral is a bit harder and then if I shift into reverse I feel like I'm going to break something I have to put so much force to get it to...
I've seen a lot of post about how the top of lower unit should be even with the bottom of transom is my motor too low? It's in the top hole so I could raise it?
