Hello guys, I hope someone can help me with my problem I got yesterday.

I was driving with the drive in forward, changed to neutral and reved the engine a little bit for some old men that wanted to hear the engine at the seaside lol, and after that I changed back to forward. But in the exact moment I changed back to forward the engine reved up (I have some problem with my 496, its living its own life sometimes and goes up to like 1200 rpm without doing anything..)
I noticed nothing untill I should change to neutral later and it was stuck in forward... couldnt get it to neutral or reverse.
No bad sounds from the drive..

What could have hapend?
I have removed the back cap on the drive now and tried to move it to neutral. But its stuck in forward.
Do I have to remove something to make it loose and get it back to neutral?

Thanks!

Cone clutch is stuck in the gear. Gently pry up on the shift mechanism that you have exposed with the cap removed and it will probably pop apart. Might have damaged the clutch though

The lesson here, is dont show off.......lol...........the engine was probably above 750 rpms when you put it in drive

When you say gently pry up on the shift mechanism, is it this one you mean? Should I try to push it upwards like the direction of the red arrow on the picture?





thanks

the piece that is sandwiched in the middle, the fork that actually goes into the cone clutch is what needs to come up. So, basically, yes

Bravo's don't like to shift without the drive shaft moving. If need be bump the starter using the slave relay just a touch while pushing up, and even have another pulling back on the throttle

The gear area looks dry, was it full of lube?

I have learned a lesson... lol
yes it was above 750 rpms

Okey, so if I try to push the whole ”sandwich” part up it should go to neutral?
Do I have to do something else before I do this?

Yes I have read that, Im going to test to push it up first.

The drive had oil in it, I drained it out before so it just looks dry I think

While you've got it apart, verify if it is an X or XR by looking at the gears.

X gears https://www.mercruiserparts.com/887903a1-gear-set

XR gears https://www.mercruiserparts.com/840898a3-gear-set-19-16

From what I can see, these look like helical ( not XR)

The only way I’ve been able to get them apart is pressing the clutch shaft down through the gear, then check then the clutch shaft collar where it contacts the bottom side of the gear for galling, check the contact area of the gear too , if it’s galled up it will stick again

That is what it looks like to me as well. In his other thread in the prop section he was not sure if it was an X or XR.