Shift control is stiff

[Tracy120L-Drive]

I have a 1990 19ft Bayliner with 120hp Force L-Drive. Shifting is stiff particularly when i shift into reverse. If i disable the cable from the lower unit, the cable shifts smoothly in both directions. While the cable is disconnected, i can manually shift the gears on the lower unit by hand with little effort. It seems to only be once i connect the cable to the lower unti that shifting becomes stiff again.

Has anyone run into this before or have any advice? Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[kinggabbo]

Re: Shift control is stiff

I just replaced my shift cable on my Force. It's not an L-Drive so I don't know if it's the same. When I first put it on, it would barely shift into reverse, if it did it was very difficult. I had to adjust the cable to fix it. It might be that or maybe the cable is binding somehow when trying to shift in reverse.