'01 rolled backwards in PARK!?
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'01 rolled backwards in PARK!?
Stopped on a steep grade to engage hubs, (thought) I put it in park, and when I got out . . . the truck rolled in a jerking fashion backwards!(?)
Only went 5-6 feet before I got in and stopped it.
This happen to any of yous guys?
Anything specific to look for? Slight chance I may not have got it all the way into park. But the shifter arrow was clearly on the "P" when I got in.
It's a 2001 F350 SD w/ 7.3 and right under 130K miles. Never had this problem before.
Only went 5-6 feet before I got in and stopped it.
This happen to any of yous guys?
Anything specific to look for? Slight chance I may not have got it all the way into park. But the shifter arrow was clearly on the "P" when I got in.
It's a 2001 F350 SD w/ 7.3 and right under 130K miles. Never had this problem before.
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Man, thats some scary stuff, thank goodness there wasn't anybody behind the truck. I've read here before where you might have to adjust your shifter cable to the appropiate gear selections more precisely. Somebody will help you, I never did it.
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Exactly!!! Mine has done this a few times. Its all about adjusting the shifter cable. I have not done mine yet. I just make sure its in the gear or park before i get out. Hopefully someone will chime in and provide a link etc on how to do it.
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Well, beings reverse is right before Park, that looks like the problem, you only got it to reverse. Thats my take anyways. If nobody answers your thread tonite or soon, do a advanced search for gear shifter adjustment, particularly in the 7.3 section, there is one I'm sure of. I'll take a look also. OK, found this one, hope it helps. Click here https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...r-problem.html
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I had a similar problem but didnt roll that far. My problem is when I park my truck especially if is on any kind of slope,when I put it in park and jumped out it rolls backwards a little. It rolls enough that you want to jump back in the truck . It just seems like there is to much play in park. Is there a and adjustment for that ?
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The good news is that according to my 2001 service manual, the parking pawl linkage inside the transmission is replaceable by only dropping the transmission oil pan.
The bad news is that there seems to be no form of adjustment other than the control from the shift lever, so to make it go further into "park" you are changing the adjustment of all the gears. There appears to be some adjustment available for the range selector switch, so in theory you could adjust the cable to engage the park pawl a little deeper, then loosen the bolts holding the range selector switch and rotate it just enough to make up for the change to the cable.
The bad news is that there seems to be no form of adjustment other than the control from the shift lever, so to make it go further into "park" you are changing the adjustment of all the gears. There appears to be some adjustment available for the range selector switch, so in theory you could adjust the cable to engage the park pawl a little deeper, then loosen the bolts holding the range selector switch and rotate it just enough to make up for the change to the cable.
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I have had this happen to me, and my shifter is quite loose...I concluded that I had just failed to put it in park because of the loose linkage. Is it possible that that's all that happened to you, or are you positive it was in park?
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Don't ever rely solely on the transmission parking pawl. If you're ever seen inside an automatic, the size of the segmented parking rotor and the pawl is surprisingly small. (maybe a 1/2" square or less?) Sometimes they can be worn, so instead of a very small perpendicular edge between the segment and the pawl, you can have a slight ramp form, allowing it to skip if it's trying to hold back too much weight. Parking brake should be primary and always park with the wheels cranked over so that the front end hits the curb first if the truck lets go while parked uphill or downhill.
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Yeah there's no way you weren't in park because that would mean you were in reverse and if you really were in reverse it wouldn't of been skipping and jerking it would have been flying back down the hill my guess would be the parking pawl also. Parking brake never hurts on incline don't forget just in park on an incline when you stop with your foot on the brake and put it in park once you shut the truck off and get out the truck will always roll back a little bit because you pick up the slack in everything, trans transfer case and differential and just a little slack in each one adds up to a little rotation of the tires
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