Help!!90 Force Outboard Control & Cables

[mav6759]

I have a 1996 Mercury Force Outboard 90hp...I just finished putting the control box and cables on the boat. When i try to move the shiftier on the control box, it is the very hard to move...So i took the control box apart didn't see anything unusual. With the cables (by the way I cleaned and greased the control box). disconnected from the control box everything moved freely... I replaced both cables brand new... I checked the motor at the throttle and shift side, all seem to move ok, I double checked the routing of the cables, they seem to be with any true bends...I'm lost, I don't know what it could be.....Any help would be great..

Thanks Mav

 

[flyingscott]

Did you reverse the cables

 

[mav6759]

I tried the cables both ways, the only thing I can do is take the control box back off and see if I missed something...When I brought the boat the motor was off the boat... Maybe I'm doing something wrong...

 

[jerryjerry05]

For the motor to shift and go into gear the prop or gears need to be moving.
​Have someone turn the prop as you shift.