1984 merc 60hp in gear?

S.Lee

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I have posted a couple of topics, but now have yet another question that I am hoping someone can help me with. When I re-installed my lower unit after rebuilding my waterpump, I made sure that is was in neutral as was the control. The prop seems to spin in both forward and reverse, the thing I am wondering about is that when I place the control into forward, I can go and spin the prop in the opposite direction and hear the over run, but when I put it in reverse, I can not spin the prop in either direction. Did I mess up re-assembling and not get it into neutral properly? or is that normal?
 

S.Lee

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Re: 1984 merc 60hp in gear?

Whoops, I apologize for not looking closely enough at the answers I got using the search feature. Seems like I have everything right. I found an answer where it should spin freely in both directions in neutral, ratchet in forward, and not move in reverse.<br />However, I have also read that some do ratchet?<br />So, which is it? It is a 1984 60hp.<br />It seems to me it would rathcet in both directions before I took it apart, but I could be wrong.
 
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