My SE116 has been fine for the last two seasons. It recently got sluggish going into reverse then finally wouldn’t reverse at all. I checked around and found a loose anchor bolt for the lower shift cable on the shift assembly at the engine.
I have gone through the cable adjustment procedure to no avail. I have taken the lower shift cable off and had my wife spin the prop while I set the cable manually. The cable moves freely and goes right into forward then back to neutral. But when I put the cable in reverse by hand the prop just ratchets either direction and doesn’t go into gear.
I have now pulled the unit to check the shift cable, shift slide, shift arm roller, and intermediate shaft and they all look good. They were all engaged correctly. If I manually turn the shift lever the outdrive goes into forward or reverse easily and locks correctly so I do not think there is a problem with my 116.
It appears that the shift slide ‘bottoms’ against the housing before it rotates the shifter around enough to put into reverse. Could this be from shift cable wear or did the shift shaft / shafts get bent when the cable came loose?
Just not sure which item could be the culprit. Thanks in advance for your help.
-jon
I have gone through the cable adjustment procedure to no avail. I have taken the lower shift cable off and had my wife spin the prop while I set the cable manually. The cable moves freely and goes right into forward then back to neutral. But when I put the cable in reverse by hand the prop just ratchets either direction and doesn’t go into gear.
I have now pulled the unit to check the shift cable, shift slide, shift arm roller, and intermediate shaft and they all look good. They were all engaged correctly. If I manually turn the shift lever the outdrive goes into forward or reverse easily and locks correctly so I do not think there is a problem with my 116.
It appears that the shift slide ‘bottoms’ against the housing before it rotates the shifter around enough to put into reverse. Could this be from shift cable wear or did the shift shaft / shafts get bent when the cable came loose?
Just not sure which item could be the culprit. Thanks in advance for your help.
-jon
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