Need help...broken reverse cable???

[thor7000]

Went out on the boat today and as I was anchoring at the beach the boat all of a sudden started going in reverse...turns out the reverse assembly dropped down and there is no action at all when moving the forward/reverse lever, therefore I'm assuming the cable broke??? I was able to tie the bucket up with a rope and drive back to the dock. Any advice, suggestions or tricks to replacing the cable?? Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[cheappc]

Same thing happened to me on my older boat here is my post:
http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?41407-Broke-my-Shift-Reverse-Cable-1995-Sea-Doo-Sportster&highlight=cheappc


here I found a cable for you cheap:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seadoo-Reverse-Cable-Sportster-4-Tec-150-Speedster-155-215-255-268000108-Sea-Doo-/261236741595?pt=Personal_Watercraft_Parts&hash=item3cd2ec55db&vxp=mtr

Of course if they sell it here, it would be nice to buy it here to support the forum...

 

[renomaan]

That would be Catastrophic if that happened at WOT goin full speed????? might submarine it!

 

[jimraab]

Went out on the boat today and as I was anchoring at the beach the boat all of a sudden started going in reverse...turns out the reverse assembly dropped down and there is no action at all when moving the forward/reverse lever, therefore I'm assuming the cable broke??? I was able to tie the bucket up with a rope and drive back to the dock. Any advice, suggestions or tricks to replacing the cable?? Any help would be much appreciated.

I just had my reverse cable replaced on my 2005 Seadoo GTX just a few weeks ago. I was going to do it myself, but there were some tight areas I would have had to get to. I Paid $107.00 for the cable and a jet ski shop provided the labor for $75.00. The Seadoo dealer wanted $150 just for labor. It was a good service experience.