zeddy
Member
- Aug 7, 2018
- 42
- Boat Info
- 1985 Searay 210 Seville Mid Cabin
- Engines
- Mercruiser 5.0LX/ Alpha One
Hello All,
I wanted to get your opinions. This last weekend, I took my dad out fishing for his birthday, As we were approaching our spot, the boat stops in motion, engine revs with high pitched whine. Put her in neutral whine goes away. She would not engage into forward or reverse at all, just whining noise when I tried to place into gear. I even took the shift cable out and still would not engage when i pulled and pushed.
My dad pulled the outdrive out and said there was what he described as hardened rubber pieces stuck between the driveshaft teeth that goes through the gimbal.
With the outdrive out, when he puts the shift shaft in the gear (forward/reverse), the prop locks up one way, free the other.
Does does sound like a outdrive failure or is it something else? We recently replaced the shift rod, cables last summer. I worked great.
It's a Mercruise 5.0lx with alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive. Thanks in advance.
I wanted to get your opinions. This last weekend, I took my dad out fishing for his birthday, As we were approaching our spot, the boat stops in motion, engine revs with high pitched whine. Put her in neutral whine goes away. She would not engage into forward or reverse at all, just whining noise when I tried to place into gear. I even took the shift cable out and still would not engage when i pulled and pushed.
My dad pulled the outdrive out and said there was what he described as hardened rubber pieces stuck between the driveshaft teeth that goes through the gimbal.
With the outdrive out, when he puts the shift shaft in the gear (forward/reverse), the prop locks up one way, free the other.
Does does sound like a outdrive failure or is it something else? We recently replaced the shift rod, cables last summer. I worked great.
It's a Mercruise 5.0lx with alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive. Thanks in advance.