Re: Mix lower unit gears and gearcase halves?

[DAN ANDERSON]

Yes it does & you can drill the older shaft for the detent spring, balls, & later shifters. Works out real well. The later shifters have much larger lugs, but of course the edges are what has to be taken care of. The detent springs do help the shifter pop into gear and stay there.
As mentioned in earlier post, if you put a 2 to 5 degree lead in angle on the shifter & gear lugs then old gears can be repaired. It is time consuming to do this by hand. It is important that both shifter lugs pull evenly against the gear lugs.

Dan in TN