My 1988 2 stroke 8HP Suzuki runs great in forward gear. When I shift the transmission lever to reverse and add throttle, the lever pops back to neutral...it won't stay in reverse. I have taken the cover off to observe what is causing and can't figure it out...this one has me stumped...any ideas? also, prior owner never really used the boat so I don't think the gear is worn out...couldn't be in reverse that much time anyway.
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Mine too
My 8hp Evinrude does the same thing. I think due to shifting at too high an rpm. There is a reverse lock lever or something similar, either worn or broken. Time to call a mechanic? Larry Wilson Richmond,Va
My 8hp Evinrude does the same thing. I think due to shifting at too high an rpm. There is a reverse lock lever or something similar, either worn or broken. Time to call a mechanic? Larry Wilson Richmond,Va
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most of the outboards have sliding dogs, with use the edges get rounded and power causes them to slide out by riding the 'ramp', it is not a hrad fix, with new parts it's a 20 minute to 1hr job depending on style of lower unit, with repairing the old parts it's slightly longer, normaly repair means filing the ramp off so everything is square again then polishing/smoothing so it doesn't hang up. second common lower end trouble is that the shifter fork is worn or bent so it doesn't fully engage the chutch, which will cause it to pop out. (and will lead to the above problem) Bending is most often caused by fast shifting, such as when trying to manuevor in a tight area that you have to constantly switch forward and reverse. Most of the newer outboards have plastic caps on the end of the fork, and it's a quick fix, open up, remove old caps, clean out any junk, and reassemble, bent forks are sometimes easy, other times a more complicated teardown sometimes excited shifting can bow the shift rod, which will make it not fully engage, normally this is accompanied by your indicator changing position or a new 'springy' feel in the shift. another cause is crud build up in the shift mechanism, not letting it fully engage the detent, so any power application causes it to drop out of gear, if your shifter is 'buried' it's a good starting point. for the most part if you are comfortable dropping the lower end to change the impeller, odds are you can rebuild the bottom end electric shift types are a bit more complicated ken
most of the outboards have sliding dogs, with use the edges get rounded and power causes them to slide out by riding the 'ramp', it is not a hrad fix, with new parts it's a 20 minute to 1hr job depending on style of lower unit, with repairing the old parts it's slightly longer, normaly repair means filing the ramp off so everything is square again then polishing/smoothing so it doesn't hang up. second common lower end trouble is that the shifter fork is worn or bent so it doesn't fully engage the chutch, which will cause it to pop out. (and will lead to the above problem) Bending is most often caused by fast shifting, such as when trying to manuevor in a tight area that you have to constantly switch forward and reverse. Most of the newer outboards have plastic caps on the end of the fork, and it's a quick fix, open up, remove old caps, clean out any junk, and reassemble, bent forks are sometimes easy, other times a more complicated teardown sometimes excited shifting can bow the shift rod, which will make it not fully engage, normally this is accompanied by your indicator changing position or a new 'springy' feel in the shift. another cause is crud build up in the shift mechanism, not letting it fully engage the detent, so any power application causes it to drop out of gear, if your shifter is 'buried' it's a good starting point. for the most part if you are comfortable dropping the lower end to change the impeller, odds are you can rebuild the bottom end electric shift types are a bit more complicated ken
Shifting
While the other listed items are all possibilities of your problem, the first thing I would look at is any adjustment on the linkage, which is keeping it from going fully into reverse. 90% of the time a mechanical problem with the shift dogs, or shift fork is going to be in forward.
While the other listed items are all possibilities of your problem, the first thing I would look at is any adjustment on the linkage, which is keeping it from going fully into reverse. 90% of the time a mechanical problem with the shift dogs, or shift fork is going to be in forward.
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