omc gear set

[mickey1]

somthing weird, im in the process of replacing the lower gears on my omc outdrive, which has been jumping out of gear momentarily when under a load. i got it apart today, the fwd and reverse gears look ok, maybe a little wear but the clutch dog on the reverse side is wasted. i have no experience on this but if you judge them on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst the fwd end is a 3 and the reverse end is a 10. im still trying to locate a gear set, but if i feel the gears are allright why couldnt i just replace the clutch dog, any thoughts, comments or suggestions will be appreciated mickey1

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: omc gear set

mickey1<br /> Are you working on an OMC Cobra?If so you probably can't purchase anything but a complete gear set.They had problems with these,and coming out of gear under load was symptom number one for replacing all gears and the dog.They even undercut the engagement surfaces 5 degrees to help the drive stay in gear.<br />DHP

 

[mickey1]

Re: omc gear set

dhpmarine, i think the light has finally broken through, the 5deg issue is on the clutch dog lugs, and gear lugs, that clears that up for me. thank you very much, mickey1