I am not positive but I think it does not matter. On that motor, it had a cup and bearing and not a bushing as a thrust bearing. I think you can swap gears around and swap ends on the clutch dog. Later models had distinct foeward and reverse gears. Frankr would know more than I.
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Rule is, the one with a pressed-in bushing (B) is forward. Reverse has a floating bushing because the gear rotates in opposite direction from the prop shaft (when running in forward/high speed).
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Frank
Not sure what you mean by floating bushing
Both bushings do not spin with in the gear.
Buccaneer
I get it
“A” “the reverse gear “The taller brass one-needs the space to accommodated Number 34 and 35
I’ll make this a short story
I sent Dan from TN both forward and reverse gears.
He has a arbor press
He put the brass bushing from the forward gear into the reverse gear and vice a versa
Then I installed the clutch dog the opposite way than how it was originally.
Now everything rides on new lobes.
Dan from Tn had a Johnson not Evinrude Quick Reference Guide.
That is how he determine that both gears were the same and the bushings were different.
In the gear case parts list for RDE-17
It does not show individual gear part numbers.
Dan thinks that all RD’s gears will turn around up to 1986
Does anyone have a PDF of a JOHNSON Quick Reference Guide??????????
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You are saying the bushing will not spin within the reverse gear? I think it should. Golly, I hope Dan in Tn don’t fight over this. He knows more than I do.
I’m thinking “B” is the forward gear…The lip on the bushing should fit inside the bearing, try it and see if it does….
I agree that the bushing in “A” should be free floating and is the reverse gear…Try tapping the bushing with a rubber/plastic mallet….
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