My Alpha One driven by a Mercruiser 260 has slowly lost reverse, click,click,click under load. I have all the cables correct and 1/2 inch play in the cable that goes to outdrive from the engine top. Yesterday I had someone slowly move the helm control until the dogs started to rub when turning the prop by hand. I was turning in the driven direction so the dogs would rub but not hook the backcut. Both forward and reverse made initial contact with dogs an equal distance from the midpoint(neutral). When helm control was slowly pushed into forward the resistance increased progressively and at end of shift travel the prop would lock hard into dogs and not move when turned against the driven direction. This seems correct (dogs hooked)
When the helm control was slowly pushed into reverse the resistance also increased progressively and at the end of the shift travel the prop would turn with hand force and click/clunk in both directions. The helm control was held in the end of shift position. This seems like rounded dogs.
To My Question. Need I remove and disassemble the outdrive to check for something else that could cause these symptoms such as cables or linkage that I can get to and fix cheap, or, It can only be the drive dogs so get out the money. Thanks Ed
When the helm control was slowly pushed into reverse the resistance also increased progressively and at the end of the shift travel the prop would turn with hand force and click/clunk in both directions. The helm control was held in the end of shift position. This seems like rounded dogs.
To My Question. Need I remove and disassemble the outdrive to check for something else that could cause these symptoms such as cables or linkage that I can get to and fix cheap, or, It can only be the drive dogs so get out the money. Thanks Ed