Late 70s 1150 grinds bad going into reverse

[Murky115]

Hello again my wrench turning saviors . Todays puzzler is i removed my lower unit to check things out did so reinstalled. Now on the water when i go to shift into reverse it grinds real bad . It seems to me it has had a bit of a problem ever since i got it about 7 years ago but just a clunk or two now it inoperable in reverse . I will attach the link of what i did in the lu below. Thank you in advance for any insight you may have

 

[Murky115]

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi.../10176794-78-ish-merc-1150-hard-to-crank-over

 

[Murky115]

Well i adujsted the linkage in the process i dropped a small plastic plate wich slid under the power head ....thatll slow ya down . So now i learn how to get that lower shroud off. Anyway. What i found when the control box goes into reverse just into reverse the prop ratchets one way and locks the other farther movement of the control lever the prop locks both ways does go into forward and reverse

 

[Murky115]

** by hand

 

[jimmbo]

In forward it should ratchet when the prop is spun clockwise, when spun counter clockwise it should lock. In reverse it should lock in either direction after only a little rotation.

As for your grinding... I hope you are not trying to gently EASE it into gear. It is either in or out of gear.

 

[Murky115]

Lol no im not if i have to throw it into reverse it usally means something unexpected .i am familiar with that sound this is a much louder clunkyer sound

 

[Murky115]

Nothing from anybody huh ok wel i guess im fishing for that shift linkage wear plate for a while and if no luck im splitting the cowl

 

[Murky115]

Well no wear plate found carved one from memory from some azack composite 1x4 ...better then new adujsted the linkage works now