no reverse

[david_r]

this is the first suzuki i have taken the hood off of.

my cousin asked me to help him fix his boat..... i work on a few and have had great success, but im not willing to buy a book for his eng.... im gonna try to get him to buy one since he will need it later.. or i will, lol.

he works off and doesnt have a cell phone so i have no clue what year the eng is.i know its a suzuki and im pretty sure it is a 115hp..thats what my cousin said. as far as i know he had just purchased it, then tagged it, then went to the water for a ride and had no reverse. the tag says: suzuki dt 115 ,and under it is the serial #: it has 11502 then in hte main area it has 507438.

i have unhooked the shifter cable and it moves freely, but when its hooked to the eng it still only goes into forward. without the cable attached you have to hold it in gear or it slips back far enough to go into neutral but the shift lever doesnt go to the neutral position.

can someone give me an idea for something simple to look for first?.... or is it in the clutch dog?... im thinking it a prob deep inside.

i have done all kinds of stuff with my merc, evin, and johnson.......... but havent been inside of any of the lu's.



any help would be much appreciated.

 

[david_r]

Re: no reverse

fixed it!!

i just spent about 10 mins trying to figure out how to disconnect the shifter linkage under the bottom carb ,like i do on my johnson, and found there is an access panel down at the lower unit.

upon removal of this panel i found the linkage pin half in and catching on a bolt stopping it from going into reverse. i pushed it back into place and voila it has reverse.

i am still curious about the shift into forward. i still have to hold it forward with my thumb for to stay engaged in gear..... with the control cable hooked up it stays just fine.
is this a typical suzuki thing or do i need to search a little deeper?

thanks for any help or advice

 

[waffles1]

Re: no reverse

Hi David,
You should be able to disconnect the cable and put it in forward or reverse and it should stay. With the cabe still hooked up put it in nuetral and see if the prop spins freely. If it doesn't, adjust the cable until it does. Depending on which set of controls you have there maybe a black knob on the front that's hard to see that will adjust the cables by turning usually clock wise. Mine backed off counter clock wise and I lost reverse totally. I didn't even realize it was there until I pulled the controls off. Good luck.