No forward shift

[Bloodweiser]

Reverse works. No forward. Where do I start looking?

Thanks

 

[SkunkBoat]

Shift cable ends for breaks.

First try at motor, disconnect and try to shift by hand.
Isolate to cable or motor....

Single?
Does it bind and not shift?

or feel normal or is it loose going fwd?

 

[Halfhitch]

What about neutral? Can you shift to forward, back to neutral and back to forward or is it just stuck in forward? Make and model will help troubleshooters also.

 

[Bloodweiser]

Yam 225.nothing happens in forward..all cables look intact. Manually shift where?

 

[Fishtales]

Can you confirm the cables are moving and the cable appears to be moving the shift mechanism? Could the cable have loosened at the binnacle?

 

[Bloodweiser]

Everything appears to be working.. Reverse sounds like horrible as if gear are not syncing or meshing. It will go in to reverse but nothing forward

 

[SkunkBoat]

First, is the motor running when you have the problem?
Sometimes a motor will not shift if it is not running.

looking at your picture. That is the shift cable held by that cotter pin. Shifting shoul move that pice fwd and back. If its not doing that you could disconnect cable and push that gear shift by hand to test

 

[Bloodweiser]

Motor is running. Shifter does move in both directions

 

[Bloodweiser]

What's the binnacle.?

 

[Sparkdog118]

binnacle is your throttle box

 

[Bloodweiser]

Thanks for clarifying that.

 

[Sparkdog118]

hopefully it is a bad cable and not the lower unit. if you pull the pin under the hood where the shift cable connects, see if you can shift the motor while it is running by hand. some have a pin and some have a 10mm nut to disconnect cable.

 

[Sparkdog118]

if you have the blue ymaha oem cables, they have a habit of rusting and the inner core breaks out the side. usually happens close to the motor where there is a bend
that would cause what you are experiencing.

 

[Bloodweiser]

I can see the levers moving in both directions.nothings appears to be binding.

 

[Sparkdog118]

if you have good travel under the hood of the motor for your shift, then you may want to pull the lower drain plug and check for metal shavings or water. there is a magnet on the lower drain screw.

 

[SkunkBoat]

if you have good travel under the hood of the motor for your shift, then you may want to pull the lower drain plug and check for metal shavings or water. there is a magnet on the lower drain screw.

yep

but i would still try disconnect and shift by hand. You might not be getting the right amount of travel with the cable...hopefully thats the case and not clutch dogs or gears

 

[Sparkdog118]

hopefully someone didn't change your shift shaft to one of the older style ones that were steel. after 1993, the replacement shafts were stainless. the older ones rusted out at the waterline and twisted or snapped. the steel ones would fit your motor also. just a thought.

 

[Bloodweiser]

Manually shifting it at the motor. I can occasional get it in forward.

 

[Sparkdog118]

Sounds like it is time to look for metal on the magnet of the oil drain screw

 

[Bloodweiser]

Do that tomorrow afternoon. I was able to spray some boeshield on the linkage and it seemed to make a improvement. Could there be a bushing issue?