removing forward/reverse lever

[reybec]

i need to replace the plastic cover on the shift lever of a 2003 johnson 50 hp remote control box as the lug where the power trim is screwed to has broken.
i have taken out the screw with the allen key head.
i have even taken the box apart but i cannot figure out how to seperate this lever from the control box.
thanks to anyone that can help

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

it should come right off.

 

[reybec]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

that's what i thought .
i have tried levering it off with a screwdriver,tapping it out with a hammer even hitting it with a hammer but it just wont budge.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

post a picture of your control so we know exactly what you have.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=286514

 

[5150abf]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

Just a thought but check for a snap ring, alot of times they get lost in the crud and you miss them.

As I said just a though but I have run into that on other things.

 

[reybec]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

i'll post a picture tomorrow.
it's 11pm and thunderstorming here at the moment

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

i can understand. it is 8 am here, sunny and cool.

 

[rcracerx]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

I just toook my OMC remote assy apart yesterday using the Seloc manual.

The instructions for mine were to loosen the allen head screw 3 turns but leave it in. Then take a soft hammer and a punch and tap (pound) on the top of the allen head screw until the handle came out of the shaft. I had to spray a bunch of wd40 and let it sit but it finally came loose from the shaft. Then I removed the allen head screw all the way and it slid right out.

Try that

Rc

 

[F_R]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

I just toook my OMC remote assy apart yesterday using the Seloc manual.

The instructions for mine were to loosen the allen head screw 3 turns but leave it in. Then take a soft hammer and a punch and tap (pound) on the top of the allen head screw until the handle came out of the shaft. I had to spray a bunch of wd40 and let it sit but it finally came loose from the shaft. Then I removed the allen head screw all the way and it slid right out.

Try that

Rc

Not sure about the 2003, but on about a bajillion other years, that is the procedure. The handle is on a tapered shaft (like a flywheel except it is also splined in addition to the taper)

 

[reybec]

Re: removing forward/reverse lever

I just toook my OMC remote assy apart yesterday using the Seloc manual.

The instructions for mine were to loosen the allen head screw 3 turns but leave it in. Then take a soft hammer and a punch and tap (pound) on the top of the allen head screw until the handle came out of the shaft. I had to spray a bunch of wd40 and let it sit but it finally came loose from the shaft. Then I removed the allen head screw all the way and it slid right out.

Try that

Rc

thank you

that was the answer i needed