Hard to shift...
 

Cobra outdrive, 1990 vintage.

The other day we docked and I put it into neutral. Except it went into reverse,
my bad; I put it forward.. but; guess what? it stayed in reverse!

Today; it happened again; and with annoying consistency..... It took a great
deal of manual effort to get it out of gear.

I'm discovering some electrical issues with the boat. (for instance, a right
turn would stall the boat, hitting the trim button sometimes causes the engine
to "backfire")

I'm wondering if this is a gear/transmittion issue; or possibly the "kill the
engine for a second" switch.

Anyone have thoughts?

Thanks
-josh


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Hard to shift...
 

I'm wondering if this is a gear/transmittion issue; or possibly the "kill the
engine for a second" switch.

Anyone have thoughts?

Thanks
-josh


Sounds like a binding shift cable to me. I would pull the drive off and
look for signs of water entry in the shift cavity.

Hard to shift...
 

Sounds like a binding shift cable to me. I would pull the drive off and
look for signs of water entry in the shift cavity.

Thanks... I'll pull the boat this weekend.

When it happened before; I drained & replaced the oil -- no water; but that's
not to say there isn't now....

-josh


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Josh Assing wrote:


When it happened before; I drained & replaced the oil -- no water; but that's
not to say there isn't now....

-josh


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You'll actually have to pull the drive from the bellhousing to see into
the shift cavity. If you've never pulled the drive before it's probably
past due for bellhousing service (Bellows, water hose, shift cable,
gimbal bearing)

Hard to shift...
 

You'll actually have to pull the drive from the bellhousing to see into
the shift cavity. If you've never pulled the drive before it's probably
past due for bellhousing service (Bellows, water hose, shift cable,
gimbal bearing)

it had new gimbal , bellows & hoses last year.
no info on the cable...

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