
Originally Posted by
fastjeff
The stiff steering can be caused by the "co-pilot" adjustment being too tight. (Look for a bolt under the clamp bracket and loosen it.) If that doesn't fix the problem, heat the pivot area with a torch and keep wiggling it.
On the shifting, the lower unit may be on incorrectly; the top shift shaft and the bottom aren't in the right places. The lower unit will have to come down to fix that.
A cam locks the unit down in reverse. There's a plastic piece that's probably broken and preventing that. If you hold the cowling in place a you gas it in reverse, it will stay down. Jut don't gas it too much!
Jeff