1954ish evinrude 7.5????

[rebel16]

a friend of mine has a roughly 1954 evinrude 7.5 that keeps popping out of gear... what do you guys think could cause this???

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: 1954ish evinrude 7.5????

There's a small tab in the gearcase that provides the detent positions for the shifter. I have seen a few of those tabs break over the years, thus losing that positive engagement. Can also be caused by a worn shifter dog. Both need the skeg portion of the gearcase removed to inspect the innards...
- Scott

 

[rebel16]

Re: 1954ish evinrude 7.5????

oh boy. is that hard to deal with? what should i be looking for? just peices of metal and debris? anything special in particular?

thanks for the help by the way.

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: 1954ish evinrude 7.5????

The skeg part is held on by six screws, plus one to release the shift fork. Pop it off and take a look. Hopefully, the tab is either just loose and slid off to the side, or if it broke, it is sitting in the bottom. They can do a number on the gears if they get sucked in there...
-- Scott