Hi fellow force members,
I am writing this threah because of a messup on my part on thinking the common thign other people think when trying to drain the gear oil. Whopps was I ever wrong in attempting to do this without having the manual present. In a effort to drain the oil to fill back up why did force have to put them so close to eachother and not use some odd screw tip to let people know DO NOT TOUCH OR DIE
anyways.. here's where I'm at...
I managed to get the screw back in place my turning the prop a little and playing with the shifter where the throttle is attached to. With a friend on the screw letting me knwo when it looks like it has lined up with the holes we managed to get it after 20 tries.
Now that its in how do I know i didn't loose a YOKE in the world of the gears. The last thing I want it to start it up move it to gears and then BAM I'm faced with a 600 dollar repair if I did it myself. Now that its in place I put the shift to forward and moved the flywheel clockwise and the prop went clockwise fine, then I move the shifter to neutral and that was fine, then I shifted to reverse and the prop was moving counter closewise. So as far as I can tell everything looks good. How do I know if I lost the yoke? Are there any signs of this? Can someone be specific of what I should be looking for? I have a few options..
A)take it to a professional and let them inspect to make sure it's in place
B) Since the oil is drained drop the LU and shake it around to see if I here anythign loose inside it.
C)Turn the engine on kick it in gear and see what happens..
Curious what you all would recommend? Also how much oil once the gear oil has been drained should it take to fill it up? I think all you do it plug the drain hole, open the fill hole screw in adaptor, open vent hole, wait for oil to come out the vent side and you know you are good to go? Just want to make sure on all these events before possibly loosing my butt to a would a could should of scenario. Thanks in advacned for all your help
I am writing this threah because of a messup on my part on thinking the common thign other people think when trying to drain the gear oil. Whopps was I ever wrong in attempting to do this without having the manual present. In a effort to drain the oil to fill back up why did force have to put them so close to eachother and not use some odd screw tip to let people know DO NOT TOUCH OR DIE
anyways.. here's where I'm at...I managed to get the screw back in place my turning the prop a little and playing with the shifter where the throttle is attached to. With a friend on the screw letting me knwo when it looks like it has lined up with the holes we managed to get it after 20 tries.
Now that its in how do I know i didn't loose a YOKE in the world of the gears. The last thing I want it to start it up move it to gears and then BAM I'm faced with a 600 dollar repair if I did it myself. Now that its in place I put the shift to forward and moved the flywheel clockwise and the prop went clockwise fine, then I move the shifter to neutral and that was fine, then I shifted to reverse and the prop was moving counter closewise. So as far as I can tell everything looks good. How do I know if I lost the yoke? Are there any signs of this? Can someone be specific of what I should be looking for? I have a few options..
A)take it to a professional and let them inspect to make sure it's in place
B) Since the oil is drained drop the LU and shake it around to see if I here anythign loose inside it.
C)Turn the engine on kick it in gear and see what happens..
Curious what you all would recommend? Also how much oil once the gear oil has been drained should it take to fill it up? I think all you do it plug the drain hole, open the fill hole screw in adaptor, open vent hole, wait for oil to come out the vent side and you know you are good to go? Just want to make sure on all these events before possibly loosing my butt to a would a could should of scenario. Thanks in advacned for all your help
