reverse gear

[boating trucker]

lost reverse gear this weekend, goes forward great, but no reverse, made a noise then stoped, <br />its a 1977 65 hp outboard merc, says 650, dont know what that means, I have the lower unit off now, waiting fer some advice before I go any farther, called a service shop, he said maybe pinion but not sure, any ideas would help, thankx ...........TA

 

[trevorcday]

Re: reverse gear

See my comments in reply to Merc lower unit posted by Plains Puddlerunner recently. Same comments apply.