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bloodintheboat

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my outboard is not in the right gear.
here is what happened...

i changed the impeller yesterday. motor was in neutral.
pulled off lower unit and changed impeller. turned the prop around to see what gear it was in. neutral just as noted.
was a piece of cake for first impeller change i did.

stuck the lower unit back on. screwed on.
come up and notice the shifter was in FORWARD?

i start up the outboard and its in neutral but the lever is in FORWARD.
if i shift the lever from FORWARD to NEUTRAL, the prop is in REVERSE.

right now its back in the FORWARD shift position, where the prop is in neutral.

how do i fix this?
im thinking take lower unit back off and just shift the shifter back into neutral since the lower unit is already in neutral, but unsure if this is correct way or non damaging solution.
 
Very common problem-----------------Take lower off.------Put lower in nuetral and shift lever in nuetral.-------Re-assemble.--------------------Note ---they often jump into forward when you are not looking,
 
racerone said:
Very common problem-----------------Take lower off.------Put lower in nuetral and shift lever in nuetral.-------Re-assemble.--------------------Note ---they often jump into forward when you are not looking,
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should i hold the shifter in neutral position while popping back in the lower unit?
 
Very seldom do I get it right the first time either it is real important to only turn the flywheel clockwise to line up the driveshaft splines. If you turned it counter clockwise you likely need to reset the impeller it will not reset itself. Allways turn it clockwise when installing the impeller and the gearbox in the driveshaft housing.
 
kimcrwbr1 said:
Very seldom do I get it right the first time either it is real important to only turn the flywheel clockwise to line up the driveshaft splines. If you turned it counter clockwise you likely need to reset the impeller it will not reset itself. Allways turn it clockwise when installing the impeller and the gearbox in the driveshaft housing.
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Yup, clockwise only.
 
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