Re: shiftty rod cobra omc
thanks for a quick reply!

i live in washington state and the three months a year we can acctually use it [my wife is a fair weather boater?]i try to be prepared.the shifter from day one has been tricky to disengauge from foward gear,and the day it stranded me in middle of a lake with a 1000 water skier's

:redface:i was shocked,i had to remove the red cable that leads from the engine to the outdrive and with a cresent wrench push in the cable with quite a bit of force!but the moment i heard her slip into gear i was relieved

we idled back to the launch and trailered up.
and yesterday removed the outdrive and checked the cable ,moved with ease,and had ample grease, built a 2x4 stand,and started my inspection process? is it possible this rod inside the outdrive is bent? it moves thru the gears while rotating the proppeler,but real stiff,[real stiff] i'm no marine mechanic but i rebuild automotive trannsmissions and i'm trying to apply this knoweledge? till the manual comes i'm sittin idle,so i figure i'de try this to see if there were any other simmilar post?i was looking for an exploded diagram on here but couldnt find one? thanks again for your reply!!the people on here are what boatin' is all about!good people ,good times