Little black hose behind shifter spline on lower unit

[ccarver80]

It's a 2004 75 hp Yamaha outboard 4 stroke.... little black hose behind the shifter spline when I tries to drop lower unit... ended up twisting the hose enough to get the piece off... now I'm not to sure how to get it back on....

 

[Grub54891]

That hose is really short. I managed to get it back on with a helper. I lifted the drive, and my helper used a long needle nose pliers, and got it in place, then continued to slide the drive up the rest of the way. I don't know why they make it so short, and hard to get to.

 

[ccarver80]

That hose is really short. I managed to get it back on with a helper. I lifted the drive, and my helper used a long needle nose pliers, and got it in place, then continued to slide the drive up the rest of the way. I don't know why they make it so short, and hard to get to.

What is the hose for? It goes up to the main motor?

Yea it was a pain and my wife was cooking supper and i was loosing daylight... ended up breaking the zip tie and I was able to spin it back on (while holding the lower unit stable with one hand and a knee) without twisting the hose all up then I slid the the unit up put one bolt in, rushed to the store.. bought another zip tie came back and lowered it enough to re zip tie it haha... what a pain. ..

 

[racerone]

Would that wee hose supply a pressure signal for the speedometer ?-------That is what found on many outboards.

 

[ccarver80]

Hmm that makes sense... well if I screwed that up... don't matter much anyways when I have GPS on my fish finder ...

 

[jerryjerry05]

It's for the speedo