Shift Issues 86 150XP

[waynej]

i just bought the boat and when i went to put it in gear to back up it did nothing and the same when you put in gear to go forward? i looked under the cowling and it moving there fine, but when i got it out of the water and was spining the prop by hand it sounds bad like its hitting on something in the lower unit even in neutral, is this a broken lower unit? please help

[boats.net]

Definetly sounds like either your shift rod is broken or something is broken in the lower unit.