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Anyone ever have the shift lever come out of the clasp on the outdrive?
PickleRick
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Was trying to load the boat today. Very little wind, almost no boat traffic. It looks to be a very easy loading experience. Right as I start making the u turn from loading dock to the boat I put it in reverse to straight up my stern. It keeps going forward. I had to use my bow thruster to clear the trailer and head back towards the dock. Cut the engine and was slow enough for me to walk to the bow and gently stop the boat on the hand rail.
Got home and inspected the cable, with engine running I have forward and neutral but no reverse
Pulled outdrive, usually a when you pull a bravo the shift fork comes out with your cable for easy reinstall. It did not come out. I was able to dig it out with long needle nose pliers while spinning the drive. With it dangling on the cherry picker I shifted it between forward and reverse several times. With the shift cable still detached inside the boat the cable moved easily. Bent the hinge part of the clasp a bit to bite the cable end better and reinstall. Restarted and now I have forward and reverse.
The lake is down, over 10 ft. Pulling up to the loading dock I raised my drive to the set max safe operating up position and backed in. I had to do some tight maneuvering so I clocked the drive pretty well. Never had to do that with this boat before. Dock is in less than 5 ft of water and some large rocks all around it and the ramp.
I'm thinking I pulled it out then. I nearly crapped my pants when I was still charging forward and had no reverse to slow me down or help swing me straight onto the trailer.
Admiral screaming at the trailer in the water "what's wrong".
My boat doesn't turn off by key. You have to push a button to kill fuel flow to the injection pump. Turning the key off makes this button not work. Guess who turned the key off the moment I realized I had a run away motor
Got home and inspected the cable, with engine running I have forward and neutral but no reverse
Pulled outdrive, usually a when you pull a bravo the shift fork comes out with your cable for easy reinstall. It did not come out. I was able to dig it out with long needle nose pliers while spinning the drive. With it dangling on the cherry picker I shifted it between forward and reverse several times. With the shift cable still detached inside the boat the cable moved easily. Bent the hinge part of the clasp a bit to bite the cable end better and reinstall. Restarted and now I have forward and reverse.
The lake is down, over 10 ft. Pulling up to the loading dock I raised my drive to the set max safe operating up position and backed in. I had to do some tight maneuvering so I clocked the drive pretty well. Never had to do that with this boat before. Dock is in less than 5 ft of water and some large rocks all around it and the ramp.
I'm thinking I pulled it out then. I nearly crapped my pants when I was still charging forward and had no reverse to slow me down or help swing me straight onto the trailer.
Admiral screaming at the trailer in the water "what's wrong".
My boat doesn't turn off by key. You have to push a button to kill fuel flow to the injection pump. Turning the key off makes this button not work. Guess who turned the key off the moment I realized I had a run away motor
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If it's just removing the front cover on the drive and putting it in the new linkage with clasp I think I would be cheap insurance. I don't want to do that again.
Mine happened because the seller's mechanic didn't tighten the clasp, so it was an easy fix.