Bravo III stuck in forward at spring sea trial? 320 dancer

daddyox

daddyox

Member
Apr 1, 2007
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Connecticut River
Boat Info
Sundancer 320 2004
Engines
260 5.0 B III's
My marina does 90% of the work for me. Boat was running great last fall.
I had my drives pulled this off-season on my 2004 320, maintained, reinstalled and the marina took it out for its spring “sea trial” this week. One of the engines got stuck in forward gear and they (national marina chain) are saying its likely the clutch assembly?
Does this hold together for you? Do you think a clutch would fail like that? Or is it possible someone didn’t reinstall the drives correctly or even shifted at high rpm?
I’m not confrontational, just wondering how angry I should be

Thanks
Jon
 
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M Prod said:
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Hmmm. Starboard engine. The shifter does freely move. Doesn't have much resistance.

Nobody seems to be working today....
 
so it stays in forward while in neutral? what about reverse? does it stay in forward? My old 250 had a BIII and I accidentally turned the motor of while in gear evidently a cotter pin fell out at the shift cable and it would only go forward. I wish I had a more technical description but it was 2 decades ago and I have been out of stern drives for a very long time. Best of luck. How does your 320 do with the I/O's?
 
dpvandy01 said:
so it stays in forward while in neutral? what about reverse? does it stay in forward? My old 250 had a BIII and I accidentally turned the motor of while in gear evidently a cotter pin fell out at the shift cable and it would only go forward. I wish I had a more technical description but it was 2 decades ago and I have been out of stern drives for a very long time. Best of luck. How does your 320 do with the I/O's?
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I've owned my 2004 since 2007.
The I/Os have been fine as far as handling and power. Always looking for the next boat though...it won't be I/Os as I'm in brackish water and the annual maintenance. I replaced one of my drives last year.
 
after 3 weeks, it WAS the shift cable. only lost 3 weeks and told it wasn't that. Service, obviously, is poor. At least they didn't charge me anything.....
Thanks for all of the responses.
 
Glad you got it sorted. More frequent than not it seems, it’s something simple. Good help is hard to find.
 
“National marina chain” said it all to me. Glad you straightened them out. Shame on them for poor quality control.
 
El Capitan said:
“National marina chain” said it all to me. Glad you straightened them out. Shame on them for poor quality control.
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Yes. It's frustrating. I'm wondering if there just isn't enough good mechanics anymore? Certainly their staffing is thin no matter what.
 
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