problem with shifter

[peacekeeper6]

i took my drives off to replace the shift shaft busing seal and now when i put the drives back onto the upper unit i cant get one drive to shift into fwd. it shifts into reverse all day, i know it cant be the cables becasue when i took the unit off it shifted fine. any ideas?

 

[Bondo]

Re: problem with shifter

Something Wasn't in Forward when you did the Install.........

My Guess is the Propshaft lost tension on it,+ it went together in Neutral instead of Forward.................

 

[KRS]

Re: problem with shifter

dismantle, and place in forward, then put it back together.

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: problem with shifter

ok, i did that twice, and both times get hard reverse but not going back into fwd, i get neutral and rvs, did i maybe put the shift shaft back into the gear housing wrong? all cables are new

 

[Alumarine]

Re: problem with shifter

When I incorrectly removed my drive I bent one of the ears on the intermediate shift shaft which affected my gear selection.
I staightened the ear out and it worked fine.

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: problem with shifter

hum, how did you straighten it?

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: problem with shifter

nm i re read it and i get it

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: problem with shifter

ok, the p[roblem is that the shift cable isnt pushing the slector enough to push it into fwd, is there anyway to "shorten" the cable through adjustments? my linkage is already set correct

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: problem with shifter

did you remove the shaft or just the bushing when you changed it.if just the bushing, then you`ll have to drop the unit again.something was not in fwd or slipped out of fwd during the install.if the shaft was pulled, something may be dislodged in the lower unit

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: problem with shifter

the shift shaft is basically stuck in the lower unit. I can manually turn it into fwd and reverses on the lower unit its just that for some reason when i do it with the cables it doesnt wanna work right, my right side engine turns very easy into gear, i can do it with my fingers on the lower unit but when i try the right side it isery stiff and i need plyers. is this normal?

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: problem with shifter

Shouldn`t be needing pliers to turn anything on the drive.
pull the whole drive and try to move the shoe. should be very easy to move into fwd and rev.looking at it from the top fwd 1200
neu 1100
rev 1000
if you don`t have that ,the splined shift is in the wrong position.
drop an email ,might have some pics available
EJDSR251@aol.com

 

[peacekeeper6]

Re: problem with shifter

i am going to trya dn do the lwoers to the upper again, can anyone give me a step by step on putting it back on? the merc stuff site isnt detailed on putting ti back on.