I decided to be proactive this season and after about 3 years (i bought it then) i've decided to change the impeller on my 1992 20HP Johnson (J20CREN). After lots of fuss, i finally got the lower unit off, picked up my brand new omc water pump kit, changed everything. Upon putting the lower unit back on, i've found that i cannot shift gears, in fact my gear shift is stuck in forward. I spent about 2 hours trying to figure out how to get the adjustment on the shifter, but to no avail. Does anyone know how to adjust this?
Here are some of the reasons i might have had my problem:
1) I messed with the shifter lever pivot pin that is on the lower unit next to the oil plug. I got it back in, but i'm not sure if i messed something up there?
2) it took me a while to separate the shift pin apart so i'm not sure if i somehow changed the length of the shift rod?
3) while trying to get the lower unit off, the lower unit spent a decent amount of time being supported by the shifting rod, so i wonder if that pulled it up a bit out of the gear housing, creating my issue? I don't want to force it so i didn't try to push it down too hard.
any help is appreciated
Here are some of the reasons i might have had my problem:
1) I messed with the shifter lever pivot pin that is on the lower unit next to the oil plug. I got it back in, but i'm not sure if i messed something up there?
2) it took me a while to separate the shift pin apart so i'm not sure if i somehow changed the length of the shift rod?
3) while trying to get the lower unit off, the lower unit spent a decent amount of time being supported by the shifting rod, so i wonder if that pulled it up a bit out of the gear housing, creating my issue? I don't want to force it so i didn't try to push it down too hard.
any help is appreciated
