Penta 270 Drive Bounces in Reverse

smdellin

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New boat owner.

My Penta 270 drive bounces up and down when in reverse, this doesn't seem correct.

Is there some latch or adjustment that needs to be made?
 

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Re: Penta 270 Drive Bounces in Reverse

Hi There, Try doing a search on Volvo Penta 270 reverse lock mechanism.

Volvo Penta Exploded view / schematic Intermediate housing - MarinePartsEurope.com

Corrosion is one thing that could hold these locks up. You could try this if you'd like. Get a spray bottle and some muriatic acid "pool acid " shoot the locking mechanisms and let it do its job about 4 minutes. Rinse with water.... With the drive all the way down, put gear in reverse and lift on drive to see if it works. The round plunger inside the housing is usually what gets hung up so you might need to move it back and forth until it frees up, if you can free that up, than you should be good to go. If not, you'll need to order some new parts.

Good luck.:)
 
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jerryjerry05

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Re: Penta 270 Drive Bounces in Reverse

#50 is usually the problem.
Unless the release rods#43at(#9) locked in the down position??
Sometimes the rod where it comes through the arm right at the #9
it gets pinched there and will keep the lock locked out.
 

smdellin

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Re: Penta 270 Drive Bounces in Reverse

Thanks guys for the help! Love this forum!

The rod moves at #9 but nothing is moving at the bottom portion. Going to see if I need to free up plunger or entire mechanism.
 
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