indy chance
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I have a 87 Force 125hp motor. Yesterday at the lake, it started rattling when trying to put it in reverse. After several attempts, the engine would rev, but the motor would not shift into reverse at all.
I brought it home, and tried several things. First, I drained the lower unit oil. The oil looked milky, but I didn't find any metal shavings in there. Next, I checked the control hookups. I readjusted the gear shift linkage at the motor per the manual. If I take the cable off, I can get the motor to go in fwd, neut, rev. I affirmed this by trying to spin the prop at each spot. The distance the linkage travels between neutral and forward is probably only 1/4", which seems perfect. However, the distance to move from neutral to reverse is over 3/4". Once I hook the cable back up, it doesn't have enough travel to get reverse to engage (feels like gears may be just barely touching).
Has anyone else had this problem? Does this indicated a reverse gear that's been sheared? Maybe a bent shift rod or coupler? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I brought it home, and tried several things. First, I drained the lower unit oil. The oil looked milky, but I didn't find any metal shavings in there. Next, I checked the control hookups. I readjusted the gear shift linkage at the motor per the manual. If I take the cable off, I can get the motor to go in fwd, neut, rev. I affirmed this by trying to spin the prop at each spot. The distance the linkage travels between neutral and forward is probably only 1/4", which seems perfect. However, the distance to move from neutral to reverse is over 3/4". Once I hook the cable back up, it doesn't have enough travel to get reverse to engage (feels like gears may be just barely touching).
Has anyone else had this problem? Does this indicated a reverse gear that's been sheared? Maybe a bent shift rod or coupler? Any thoughts would be appreciated.