finished plowing this afternoon and when i went to push the lever foward to put it bach into two wheel drive something broke. its back in two wheel drive but the shifter is not stable. what did i break this time?

 

just because yesterday i thought i need a fuel pump! and got all that help - come to find out i was out of fuel. no nobody wants to help me!! ive already punched myself in the head so we are even.

 

If I knew I would... I'd be tearing into it to find out if I could figure it out. If you can't get it back in 4wd you're gonna have to get in there..

 

its moving around like a 6 speed shifter

 

Thats what broke i bet...its like magnesium and they snap all the time...300 and something dollars from ford.....I got an extra.....Check it out see what it is. Let me know

 

I see these break all the time. It's not so much the Magnesium but the bolt "gaulds
itself to the bushing where it rubs.
What I do to avoid this is mark a position while on the truck with a marker. This is the position easiest to get a grease gun in there...

THen I take off the 2 bolts from the trans, un do the bracket, and boot up top.

Put it in a vice, carefully. I then heat the NUT that is spot welded to the steel bracket, I usually have soaked it with some penetrating oil. Heat the nut cherry red, then run the flame over the housing quickly. I then start to work loose the bolt, be careful not to snap anything, take your time re heat as needed. When cool, I drill and tap a grease fitting at the mark i made. If you get lucky and save a bushing I put one back in, clean the bolt, and fill with grease.
Every season grease it, or when your down there keeps that expensive lever in one piece.

 

same exact thing happened on my truck. its all the same for the 92-97 150 250 and 350. i went through soo many junkyards and couldnt find one. ended up pulling one off a f150 parts truck in philly. goodluck getting her fixed