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I love Yamaha, but before 1994 they had steel shift rods that rot out!! I had one and BS had one, you have to remove the power head to replace, But there are some new two peice rods out there. New rod will be Stainless.
Not sure what you need to do to put a two piece rod in?? But the big issue with the hole rod is removing the power head, the bolts are rotted or corroded and will be a bear to remove with out breaking, in most cases.

I have had 70's Johnson's, 80's Evinrude, Yamaha, Mercury, 90's Yamaha, Mercury, 2004 Four stroke Yamaha, and my current 2002 Yamaha HDPI. I have to say the old Johnson and the Yamahas have been my best!