While Running About 65mph I Felt The Boat Slow Down So I Shut It Down And Have No Forward In The One Drive, But Reverse Works Fine Its Not The Prop So What Could Of Happened To The Drive. When I Put It In Forward Gear And Spin The Prop It Spins Normal With No Noises Forward, But If I Spin It Backwards When It Should Lock It Does Not It Spins Tight Then Loose. Clutchs Maybe

It Is A 2000 Bravo 1 W/ 500 Hps

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Het Rick, sounds like you broke the floor out of the forward gear. If you need it repaired ship it to me and I can get on it right away, if you dont have anyone in your area that can. I have a few sets of very good gears also, that came out of a 1999 Bravo converted to XR. Let me know asap, the Jammin on the James is around the corner.

James 804-539-3114

hey james i may be able to do it my self is it a hard fix and where do i start. any special tools needed and about haw long does it take. when you say floor out of forward what exactly is that.

thanks rick

Its not hard to do but you should get help on the first one and you will ned some special tools.

You possible broke the floor in the drive gear in the upper. Give me a call at; 954 237 0332. I'll turn the drive around very quickly. We are a complete Mercury Service center.

i have a question since my reverse works fine can i reverse props and run in reverse turning props in for about a 8 mile run to party cove and back this weekend and then pull the drive for repairnext week or do you think i will damage worst, this is a weekend i dont want to miss and will just be tied up all weekend and run about 16 miles total at low rpms.

just pulled the top cap and plate with 3 bolt on the back and everything looks to be fine. the shift arm is shifting, the gears all look fine and no metal filings in the oil, what next.

thanks

i unhooked the shift cable where it hooks to the shift arm and when shifting it by hand i see that when i push it in for reverse it lifts up and pushes on the upper gear , but when i pull it out for forward gear it does not drop and push on the lower gear there is no tension on it at all like when pushing it in for reverse.

You will have to pull out the gear set, you will need a spanner wrench, is this the port or starboard drive?

the top cap needs to be on and the rotation of the engine helps it shift and to realy see eney thing you need to pull the gear pack out and take it apart.