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Lunaticutah 06-25-2009 08:43 PM
Control arm not shifting out of forward
 
I just bought a 2000 Z250 and put it in the water for the first time and it wont go into neutral or reverse. I pulled the control arm all the way back to the reverse postion and it wont even hit neutral. The cables are attached and moving on the engine mount assembly but I can't see where the cable connects to the outdrive.
Do I have to pull the whole out drive off to change out cable? Any advice would be great!

WetWilly 06-26-2009 03:39 AM
Re: Control arm not shifting out of forward
 
Hello Lunaticutah,

If it's the secondary shift cable to the outdrive, then the answer is yes, the outdrive has to come off.
Section 4 of the Bravo Sterndrive manual explains the procedure. It starts on page 4A-20.

Unless you're familiar with or have done this repair before, I suggest taking it to a qualified Merc service center.

WetWilly

karmann 06-26-2009 01:16 PM
Re: Control arm not shifting out of forward
 
Hello

I just had the same problem. You have to pull the out drive back, to switch out the cable. Mine was rubbing the U-joints on the drive shaft, and wore out the outter hsg.
thanks

Lunaticutah 06-26-2009 04:14 PM
Re: Control arm not shifting out of forward
 
Thanks

I'll give a wack at it.


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