bill_black
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https://www.boats.net/catalog/honda/...03/shift-shaft
2003ish BF90
I just replaced a shift rod seal. I removed the seal (29) and seal holder (11), then installed a new seal and seal holder. The motor was in neutral when I disassembled then assembled everything. It certainly felt and looked like the shift shaft (8) was positioned correctly. (I could feel that it was 'in' it's bushing, I 'felt' that it was engaged with #4 shift shaft, and the seal holder and seal went on with out disturbing the position of the shift shaft. Radially it was positioned so it looked like it did prior to disassembly, i.e. shift shaft (8) was in the same neutral position as it was before I changed the seal.
After reassembly: boat is stuck in neutral. Shifting into forward and reverse rotates the shift arm (5), in and out of the detent, seemingly as it did before.
Lower unit was not touched.
Shifted a little stiff but o.k. before this seal job.
The boat was bobbing around in the water with the motor up while the old seal and holder were out and I was waiting for parts......could the shift shaft have rotated on its own? And therefore #4 wasn't in the 'neutral' position when I put everything back together?
2003ish BF90
I just replaced a shift rod seal. I removed the seal (29) and seal holder (11), then installed a new seal and seal holder. The motor was in neutral when I disassembled then assembled everything. It certainly felt and looked like the shift shaft (8) was positioned correctly. (I could feel that it was 'in' it's bushing, I 'felt' that it was engaged with #4 shift shaft, and the seal holder and seal went on with out disturbing the position of the shift shaft. Radially it was positioned so it looked like it did prior to disassembly, i.e. shift shaft (8) was in the same neutral position as it was before I changed the seal.
After reassembly: boat is stuck in neutral. Shifting into forward and reverse rotates the shift arm (5), in and out of the detent, seemingly as it did before.
Lower unit was not touched.
Shifted a little stiff but o.k. before this seal job.
The boat was bobbing around in the water with the motor up while the old seal and holder were out and I was waiting for parts......could the shift shaft have rotated on its own? And therefore #4 wasn't in the 'neutral' position when I put everything back together?