Re: Evinrude 9.9 - Stuck in Reverse
Thanks for the suggestions... here's a little more background.
Motor is fairly new to me (~3 months). The previous owner sold it to me as it wasn't peeing strongly, and he couldn't drop the lower unit. When I got it, the lower unit gear housing was badly siezed to the exhaust housing. I snapped 2 of the 6 bolts dropping it. The water cavity around the shift shaft was badly filled with salt, as the little drain hole was plugged. I replaced the water pump and thermostat and flushed all the engine water passages, and got it peeing again. At that time the engine / lower unit function was normal.
As a side note, after running for about 1 hour the gear oil in the lower unit was clear after I drained it, so no sign of major water intrusion into the gear box.
The shift problem occured when I inadvertantly shifted while the rpms were rather high (I think from FWD to REV).
After soaking for a day or two in PB blaster, the shift rod is moving freely in what seems to be the full range of motion.
Rotating the propshaft or drive shaft while shifting will not get it out of reverse gear.
I suspect something in the shift to clutch link in lower unit is broken, but at this point I can't pull the bearing carrier. I made the puller described elsewhere, but just ended up bending my 1/4" all-threads. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
