Just so you guys know-
1.I do not have power head off
2.I replaced the #26 o-ring on the shift shaft when I did have the power head off.
Dave
I detached the brass connector that connects the upper and lower shift rod.
The brass connector is still on the upper shift rod.
I held the brass connector with a pair of needle nose pliers and moved the shift handle back and forth. In my opinion there is no much play at all.
Frank
I grabbed the shift handle and wiggled it up and down and right to left-there is about a quarter inch play in each direction.
Are you saying I may need a new exhaust housing because the hole in which the shift shaft rides in elongated?
Fleetwin
What I am saying is that I ether have forward and neutral or I have reverse and neutral.
I not sure what you mean by “preloaded”
