'06 C-180 drops from neutral into reverse

[cwhogan]

Recently, my Challenger 180 has begun dropping into reverse about half the time I start... I'll confirm it is solidly in neutral, start the engine, and then all of the sudden the handle will drop into reverse. Never did this before this weekend as I recall.

Any thoughts?

 

[cjb]

Well i dont know your boat but the older Doos have a looking mechanism on the reverse bucket to prevent that from happening. May be your is bad. Check it out.

 

[kustomkarl]

It does sound like the locking clip is broken off the bucket cable.It should lock in with a clunk it is in any position.

Karl

 

[cwhogan]

The locking clip is definitely gone. The holes that hold the locking pin are not broken out (maybe a little damaged), but what exactly is supposed to keep that clip in there? Is it threaded?

 

[cwhogan]

installed

I got the parts. Pin, spring, clip. Mounted the spring an clip and tapped in the pin. I marked the pin's half way point so I counld tell when it went in enough (clip has an opening to view the mark).

I shifted into forward gear and the bucket locked with (with the clip).

That's it.

 

[rexsteiner]

Great! Glad to hear you solved it