2006 Yamaha F90 water pump impeller replacement 

Thank you, hope it all works out well for you

You are welcome. Hope it helps keep you on the water

Had a 19 pitch on 18 foot aluminum center console .

There is a shift linkage. There is a yoke that the lower linkage slips into. It just slips out and back in. Thank you for watching

Using a good marine grease, it is only to help remove the gaskets on future repairs

Sounds like the alignment of the linkage may have moved while you had it down. May need to drop the lower unit again to reset the alignment.

I place the gear in forward for 2 reasons. The gear has a natural tendency to go into forward. Does not take much to knock it into forward from neutral. 2nd. When reinstalling sometimes you will need to turn the shaft just a little to get the shaft spline aligned to the engine. With the lower unit in forward you just turn the prop to get the shaft aligned with the engine.

@@BoondockingCajunstyle Awesome thanks for the tip