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| Yamaha sterndrive shifting problems |
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mark smith
Visitor
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 - 11:49 pm: | 
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Have had a problem with several of these not shifting properly. It seems to be in the gearcase where the v shaped cog meets up rith the shifting rod. Wont shift into gear and causes stall switch to not work properly.had this problem on several yamahas. Anyone had this or know the cure? Thanks. |
Bondo
Advanced Member
Username: bondo
Post Number: 346
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 09:18 am: |
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It's Usually a Bad Cable.... |
sean lutot
New member
Username: srrglu
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 10:48 pm: |
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Mine was a bad shift interrupt switch.4.3 yamaha stern drive. |
Ken Nelson
Member
Username: captken
Post Number: 4
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 11:20 pm: |
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Remove drive, split drive, remove bronze shift fork, drill out bushing one size larger, reassemble. One problem will be getting a drill bit long enough to reach down in there to the bushing. I welded a ten inch stud on the end of the proper sized drill bit and hung it on the wall. |
Jason Garland
Visitor
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 09:50 am: |
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I created a google group for Yamaha Sterndrive owners. If you own one or know how to repair them, please join our group.
http://groups.google.com/group/yamaha-sterndrives |
Frank Bernath
New member
Username: frank_b
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2009
| | Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 11:34 am: |
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Jason Garland,
You outlined a problem you had with a yamaha outdrive shift issue. My yamaha won't shift into forward and it will shift intermittantly into reverse. I split the outdrive enough to see the shift fork and the shift lever. The shift fork works fine and easy with my finger. The shift lever works fine by the cable. When shifting by hand it goes into gear quite easily but when you put the outdrive back on it and try to go into forward by turning the propeller it seems to skip on the shift pall. It acts as if the cable doesn"t engage the forward far enough and the reverse is binding. I don't want to spend a ton of money on a cable that is not bad. and I don't to pay 85 bucks an hour for someone to hunt for a problem. If you could be of assistance it would be great. Anyone that has any advice please call me at 419-508-3763.
Thanks
frank |
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