Shift Housing Assembly - Evinrude E-TEC E40DRLSCB Service Manual

Remove the shift lever pin from the housing.
Remove shift shaft, cradle and shift lever. Move
shifter detent as needed to help ease removal of
parts.
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1. Shift lever pin
2. Shift shaft
3. Cradle
4. Shift lever
5. Shifter detent
WARNING
Wear safety glasses to avoid personal
injury. The detent ball and spring and
come out with great force.
Wrap the housing with a shop cloth to catch ball
and spring. Rotate the shifter detent 90° in either
direction, then pull the detent out of the housing.
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1. Shifter detent
2. Ball and spring
Remove the detent ball and spring.

Shift Housing Assembly

IMPORTANT:
nents before beginning assembly procedures.
Replace any damaged components.
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Lightly coat the detent ball and spring with Needle
Bearing grease. Insert the spring in the housing,
then the ball.
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Insert shifter detent at 90° angle into the housing
as shown, while depressing the ball and spring
with a suitable tool. Once the shifter detent is past
the ball, remove the tool and position detent to
engage NEUTRAL position.
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INTERNAL GEARCASE SERVICE
Clean and inspect all compo-
GEARCASE
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