Mercury 3.0 Gimbrel bearing change but now it’s in gear all the time

[Scott/patrick]

Can anyone help me understand what I did wrong? I changed the gimbal bearing lined everything up made a carb change took it to the lake and now it’s in forward gear and takes off when started. 1988 alpha one gen one help please

 

[Bt Doctur]

Shift slide not correctly positioned

 

[Scott/patrick]

Can anyone help me understand what I did wrong? I changed the gimbal bearing lined everything up made a carb change took it to the lake and now it’s in forward gear and takes off when started. 1988 alpha one gen one help please

yes sir about a hour after posting the question it hit me what I did wrong and the slide is exactly right thanks for your feedback
be good!