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I had an issue where the shift lever Broke and the shift detent came apart. I have since taken apart the entire lower unit and replaced the shift lever and Re-Assembled.
I then tested shifting on the "ears" in my driveway and all worked as intended.
I then went to my local lake and it ran...
This is the broken one, I'll be heading to the marina tomorrow to pick up a couple gaskets and the replacement part + fluid and i may be on the water tomorrow evening!!! Thanks for the inspiration to dig into it!!!
Update:: I have dropped the lower unit. As it turns out the issue is that the shift rod / Detent assy has seprated. I found the ball but not the spring yet and the shift rod came out on the end of the vertical linkage.
I got the ball out and while playing around with the assembly i was able to...
If im evaluating correctly, the shift lever is moving its full range of motion at the power head, and the **** lever is moving up and down. So your saying that it broke off at the gearbox and ruined the entire gearbox?