Re: outdrive wont shift into gear
While I was under power the boat stopped driving. I noticed a distinct gear oil burning smell And noticed the prop was turning very slow or no at all. My boat is a 2005 18 ft bayliner, 3.0 I/o mercruiser With a alpha 1 generation 2 out drive. I have looked at all the shift cables and everything seems yo be working fine there. I have been told that it could be the gimbal bearing that has gone bad. Anyone else think this or have this problem?
Always fun to listen to laymen at the ramp try and diagnose your problem....
Symptoms (although pretty sparse at this point) sound like it could be a spun prop hub, but also could be bad engine coupling, or probs in the drive itself.
Did you look at the engine water temp gauge while this was going on? constant, or rising? (after five minutes, you would have noticed an increase in temp if the impeller was not turning due to probs in the coupling or upper drive/vertical shaft)
Have you drained drive oil and looked at quantity/quality? (ok, re-read the subsequent posts again, so oil appears ok...that's a plus)
Have you checked for spun prop hub?
Is the boat out of water so you can perform static shifter-prop turning checks (fwd-n-rev)?