Motor will not stay in gear.

[rescuea2]

OK I need some help. I have a 25 hosre 1970 Johnson outboard. I was having problems with it planing out so I cleaned the card on it. That all went well. So I took it out to the lake to see how it ran. It started great ran just fine but when I was going across the lake it felt like the motor was hitting a log on the bottem of the lake. It did that about 3 times and then kicked out of gear. The only way it will stay in gear now is at idle speed. It will work fine in reverse but not in forward. Does anyone have any clues?

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Motor will not stay in gear.

lower unit problem. time for clutch dog and forward gear. or a complete donor lower unit.

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: Motor will not stay in gear.

Worn out gears and / or linkages.

 

[14ftgrumman]

Re: Motor will not stay in gear.

Tasha's right. I've got a couple of these motors, and I pick up spare parts when ever I can find them. They are getting scarce and expensive. Gears and clutch dog are still available form BRP, but are not cheap.