[C320-list] Shift lever pin breaking

[jonvez at comcast.net]

yup--happened to me during the second season. Used the vise grips to get back to the marina. The hard part was getting the remainder of the screw shaft out. Thankfully someone at our marina was skilled enough to carefully drill it out without damaging threads.
I received the same response from Edson--this is common and the thread size is very hard to find. They sent me a couple and suggested that I tighten every once in a while....

Regards,

Jon Vez

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Len <aqua5len at gmail.com> 

> Anyone have experience or heard of the shift lever shearing the pin so you 
> can't shift forward-neutral-reverse?? Happened on my boat with someone else 
> at the helm. Called vessel assist, was towed in, new getting fixed. Have 
> no experience with this. 
> 
> Len Krane 
> AQUA5 #1070