Guys,

Before I start on the boat tonight, thought I might get some suggestions...

At LOTO last week and stripped the splines out of my drive coupler. Luckily, a reputable marina actually had no work and said bring it over. They replaced the coupler and all is good.

Now, that drive, when placed into reverse, is a biatch to shift back to neutral. I can strong arm it, easier to use both hands, but super hard to shift. It was not this way before. It was "buttery smooth." Likely, did they pinch a cable? Why is forward still ok, but not reverse? Mechanic said look for a pinched cable, otherwise, pull the drive?

It is a Bravo upper with Gaffrig shifters. Is there and easy adjustment for this?

The mech. said he noticed it, but thought it was a "little stiff," and must be getting worse by my description on the phone. It is not getting worse, and was always that stiff. I thought they would have noticed and at least tried to fix their mistake. Hopefully, just an adjustment (especially since I am 6hrs away).

Thanks, guys...

disconect your shifter cable going to the drive and try it, if it is smooth then it is the cable from the shift mechanisim to the drive, if it is still stiff then it is the control to the mechanisim, If I were to guess I would say they probably did something to the cable when they pulled the motor and drive to do the coupler.