Was going to pull the lower smaller cover to take a look at the gears but don’t want to mess up the shift mechanism.
If it’s frozen, you can’t really make it “more broken” by taking it apart, right?
Support the lower in a skeg up porition, and take the screws out (including the shift pivot screw in the side of the skeg). Tap the skeg and it should pop off, exposing the gears. First time I ever did this, I was really apprehensive, but the whole “what’s what” revealed itself pretty quickly. It’s an elegantly-simple, simply-elegant design that you’ll come to understand and appreciate very quickly!
Good luck!
