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I repaired the water pump last week on my F6 / 4 stroke for the first time, the repair seemed to go ok and when I was done everything seems to work properly but I ran it on the water over the weekend and now there's a problem with reverse. Forward and neutral work fine and reverse works but once I go past idle speed I get a bad grinding sound, loss of traction, and obvious vibration.
I assume I either damaged or mis adjusted the shift control linkage when I was taking off or re-installing the lower unit. Everything looks visibly ok so wondering what I need to do.
The only difficulty I had with the repair was I had trouble getting that retainer nut off the sift linkage but once I put it in reverse I had enough room to get it off. I assume I either under tightened it or over tightened that nut but not really sure how I'd know where it should be. If I recall properly I think it's almost all the way to the bottom of the threads.
The only other thing I can think of is when I was putting the drive shaft back into the engine I don't recall if I had the shift lever in neutral or reverse and don't know if that would matter.
Am I FUBAR
? The boat is in the garage so I can take pix if that helps.
I assume I either damaged or mis adjusted the shift control linkage when I was taking off or re-installing the lower unit. Everything looks visibly ok so wondering what I need to do.
The only difficulty I had with the repair was I had trouble getting that retainer nut off the sift linkage but once I put it in reverse I had enough room to get it off. I assume I either under tightened it or over tightened that nut but not really sure how I'd know where it should be. If I recall properly I think it's almost all the way to the bottom of the threads.
The only other thing I can think of is when I was putting the drive shaft back into the engine I don't recall if I had the shift lever in neutral or reverse and don't know if that would matter.
Am I FUBAR
? The boat is in the garage so I can take pix if that helps.
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