Reinstalled drive, attached cable. Shifting properly now. I'm really not sure it was the aftermarket cable because it was pretty stuck in neutral. Working the shifter linkage back and forth manually with the drive off seamed to free it up. Maybe the ball detent refused to compress because it...
As the drive sits in the garage, how hard should it be to advance/shift the link bar by hand? It does move, it's smooth and seems like its really the ball detent that causing the resistance. How much resistance from that ball should there be? seems like it needs a good amount of pressure before...
I thought it was supposed to be difficult to move when the engine isn't turning the input shaft?
That doesn't answer the question though.
Should the link bar be pushed back into the drive as shown in the second image before drive is attached to bell housing?
I managed to extract the link bar. It took quite a bit more effort to move than before, so that was confusing. Everyone will be happy to know that I damaged the shifter cable in the process so I will have no choice but to buy another. OEM :P
QUESTION: Looking at the images, the drive is...
Wouldn't I have heard something if this happened? Seems like some serious bad luck to go from a bellow/shifter cable change to a broken drive while sitting in the driveway.
Not sure what you mean. If you mean taking the actual drive apart, no.
I've only looked inside the front compartment for the ball detent. Cleaned it up and greased it. Looked to be in good shape. The lever seems to move freely.
The drive is separated from the bell housing currently, but now the...
That would be my next step except now the linkage wont retract to get the cable out of the jaws. Stuck in neutral? Turning the input shaft doesn't seem to help.
I've had the drive off a few times, this wasn't an issue before. Now I'm really stuck.
Yes, the previous posts mention the routing. Just like the image.
It is also an aftermarket cable. According to the seller's page, many have been purchased with good reviews. Of course, I probably got the bad one. As stated before, the cable moves freely. Much easier than the one that was...
Whoa, hold on a second. The installation in reverse gear was just an experiment.
If I remove the drive, the cable moves freely with no binding. Same routing as it was, and the same according to diagrams I have seen.
This is where instruction for this become foggy.
When you remove the drive, the...
I cannot move the lower shift cable by hand when engine is running.
I've had the drive on and off a few times checking for issues. For one of the attempts, the drive was installed while in reverse gear. I started the engine, and was able to pull the cable by hand into neutral without much...
Yes. Engine running.
Inspected the ball detent and cavity. I see a marginally rusty cavity with some minor rust on the lever but it isn't bad. Looks like some water got in there at some point but after cleaning the ball detent, it looked perfect. The cradle on the shift arc seems to be in good...
After replacing the seals, bellows, lower shift cable and reinstalling the drive, the drive wont shift into forward or reverse. Cable wont move on the engine side but moves freely with drive off.
The cable ball is in the jaws, they were closed. Drive is in neutral as the prop spins freely both...
