I recently bought a 1988 Four Winns 160 Freedom. It has a 3.0 mercruiser with an OMC Cobra outdrive. I bought the boat with the outdrive removed because the waterpump went out and destroyed the rest of the outdrive. I picked up a used lower and upper unit with the propper gear sets for my application. The shift rod worked fine off the boat going into forward neutral and reverse. The remote worked fine gowing forward and reverse before I put the outdrive on.
Here is my problem now.
Once I put the outdrive onto the boat and torqed it down I went to check if it was shifting properly. The remote shifts into forward fine but the prop moves freely in both directions assuming its still in neutral. While the remote is in neutral the prop will not move either direction. The remote will only move about an inch or 2 in reverse and it is very very hard to move it. Keep in mind it worked fine before i put the outdrive on.
Any idea what my problem could be?
Here is my problem now.
Once I put the outdrive onto the boat and torqed it down I went to check if it was shifting properly. The remote shifts into forward fine but the prop moves freely in both directions assuming its still in neutral. While the remote is in neutral the prop will not move either direction. The remote will only move about an inch or 2 in reverse and it is very very hard to move it. Keep in mind it worked fine before i put the outdrive on.
Any idea what my problem could be?
