omc stern drive not going in gear???

p8baller

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Hello all, I recently took off the outdrive to put some new seals. After a frustrating time putting the outdrive back on. I finally took the boat out to the lake, however forward gear will not engage, when i trim all the way up it sometimes gets in gear. I tried to make some adjustments with the shift cable but I may have been doing more harm then good. Do I need a new shift cable, or is is that that adjustments made to the cable are not right? Does anyone have a tip on how to accomplish this task? I believe that I may have accidently moved the shift gear on the outdrive when it was off, however I belive i set it back in neutral gear. Please help. Sorry so long!! :confused:
 

tommays

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Re: omc stern drive not going in gear???

what are you useing for a refence to due these repiars ?<br /><br /><br />tommays
 

Don S

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Re: omc stern drive not going in gear???

What year and type OMC drive do you have there?<br /><br />Do you have a service manual, or just winging it?
 

p8baller

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Re: omc stern drive not going in gear???

It's a 1989 OMC Cobra Stern Drive. I did buy a service manual, I believe its a Clymer's service manual. And as explained after the drive was put back in I tried to manually make adjustments at the engine. I did this by having the outdrive down, then switching to forward, neutral, reverse.
 

Don S

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Re: omc stern drive not going in gear???

Here is some info on adjusting the shift cable on a Cobra, the Clymers manual is a waste of money.<br /><br />OMC Tech Info
 
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