Stupid question but I don't know!

[Dmopar74]

I'm shure this is a stupid question but how do I shift my stringer out drive? Do I ease it into gear alowing it to click click click until it engages or just throw it into gear?

 

[Boats-A-lots]

I always "hit it" to get it in gear.

 

[GA_Boater]

Put it into gear smartly or quick. In other words if you hear grinding, those are expensive and hard to find parts turning to powder.

 

[southkogs]

Which Stringer do you have? The above is pretty much correct, but if you're hearing grinding of any kind on an ES ... stop shifting.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Google "Images for shifter dog in Stringer outdrive". You will see the mechanical part that must move fore and aft quickly, to engage within less than half a turn of the prop shaft. Make sure engine is set to a correct idle.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, for me anyway.......

Steady as she goes.....

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

there are 3 very different types of shifting used on stringer drives. So, not a stupid question, but maybe an incomplete one. Year, and model or a picture of your outdrive will get a better answer.

 

[Dmopar74]

I will try to get a pic after work but the boat is a 83 sun runner 18' open bow with the 230hp omc and stringer 800.