77 Evinrude 115

[mav6759]

I have a quick question, I am in the process of putting the lower unit back on this motor. I was lining everything up, and I was turning the prop shaft to line up the teeth in prop rod with the motor, Once I had the teeth lined up, I began to push the lower unit into motor. For some add reason now the prop shaft spins freely without spinning the prop rod so I remove the lower unit, and now I can spin the prop shaft but the prop rod won't spin. Its like it disengaged, did I do something wrong, or can the lower unit be disengaged.

Thanks
mav6759

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: 77 Evinrude 115

The shaft that runs from the lower unit to the engine is called the "Driveshaft". The shaft that the propeller slides on is called the "Propshaft".

I would assume that initially you had the shift rod pulled upwards when inserting the lower unit to the engine. This would create a condition that as you pushed the lower unit upwards, the shift rod would hit something and get pushed down a notch into neutral.

Before installing the lower unit, push the shift rod downward to engage it into gear. This should solve your problem.