BCS 735, gearing issues

[iphilgood]

Ok.

I loosened the bolts and fiddled with the detent assembly.
Once, it slipped into the hole furthest from the motor, but only once.
I could not get it into that hole a second time.
This was all done with the motor off.

 

[farmerboybill]

Shifting these machines is like shifting a manual transmssion car. Sometimes you need to feather the clutch to get it into the desired gear. Without the engine running, you can't feather the clutch, but you could do the next best thing - rocking it back and forth while pushing or pulling on the lever. Were you rocking it back and forth while trying to get it into first?