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So you took the lower unit off in NEUTRAL.--------When you were not looking a bump on the unit and the spring loaded clutch put it in FORWARD.--------So remove lower unit.----Put throttle in forward.-----Assemble again.-----Or put lower unit in neutral with shift lever in neutral and assemble.