BF130 Hard Shifting

[ZEE]

My 99 BF130 runs like a top. Over 300 hours with synthetic oil and a Turbo Flats IV 4 blade - Pushes my Scout 202 to 40 MPH + (GPS) or idles all day, but I'm having a devil of a time shifting in or out of gear. When the cables released, its free, so it must be in the engine internal linkages. Any thoughts?

 

[marinegrh]

Re: BF130 Hard Shifting

is the shift shaft tower corroded, its in the front of the lower pan, there are bushings in there, try some penetrating oil in there where the gears meet, and all around it. usually thats where they start to bind up