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Trouble with shifter

sujo

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Hi, new to site and new to boating. Have an older Chris Craft with an OMC 351 Cobra engine. Just had a lot of work done on the lower unit including replacing the shifter cable assembly. Just launched the boat and the shifter is really hard to move from neutral to either forward or reverse, requiring two hands. Almost feels like I am going to break the shift arm. Any ideas?
 
Disconnect cable at the engine. Then see if cable is still hard to shift. If so, it is faulty or has a major kink in it. If so it will likely need to be replaced again. If cable is not the problem then you will need to take it back to whoever repaired the lower unit and have them fix the shift linkage in the lower unit, which they likely did not assemble correctly.
 
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