Bravo I will not shift out of gear.

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[/B]Good day all or it was until I tried to fix my boat today. My brother had it out and came in with the forward shift cable broken for the port engine at the controls and the drive locked in forward. I replaced the cable and all is free to the exchange on the engine. The rear cable to the drive will not budge. Tried turn the prop to free up and shift to netural, nothing will move. Then started the engine in gear and attempted to shift to netural with no luck. My brother said just before the cable broke it was hard to move in and out of gear. The drives are Bravo I and attached to 525SC engines. I am hoping someone knows some tricks to check this out without pulling the drive. I heard there may be a cut off switch to lighten the load between shifts. Boat is on a lift and I don't have a trailer so willing try almost anything from this postion. Thanks in advance for any assitance.

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Bravo I will not shift out of gear.

No interupter on Bravo, tight or binding cable needs the drive removed for inspection

 

[Pete104]

Re: Bravo I will not shift out of gear.

No way to sugar coat this for you! 1 of 2 things happened. #1 the shift linkage inside the upper gearcase broke. There was a problem with those 8-10 years ago. It connects the intermediate cable to the shift shaft that moves the shift fork which moves the cone clutch into gear. This is cheapest, still a PITA boat has to out of the water.
#2 He hit something or got the boat airborn & didn't get out of the throttle. When it comes back in the water, the prop is suddenly wanting to stop. This forces the clutch into the gear with much more force than it was ever intended to see.
Happens pretty often with the go-fast stuff. If you don't see any damage, prop/skeg, then it's a failure inside!