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Old 02-19-2014, 07:21 PM
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Lokar shifter install help

I installed my lokar shifter today and I'm having some trouble...

Tran is a C6 that was setup for column shift. So the original lever is pointing down and pushed all the forward (towards the front of the truck).

Problem is the lokar shifter locks in drive, which according to lokar and everything online it should lock in neutral. I have tripled checked this by disconnecting the rod and shifting them individually and reconnecting the rod..
 
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Old 02-19-2014, 11:16 PM
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Can you post a picture of the set-up? Are you using a cable or linkage rod?
 
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Old 02-20-2014, 08:42 AM
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My Lokar shifter locks in both park and neutral. Mine is cable driven and 700r4
 
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Old 02-20-2014, 10:20 AM
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I had a similar issue with mine on a C4 tranny. Ended up that I misread the instructions and how they meant the J arm to be. So I had the J arm on backwards. So I was getting locked in drive as well.

By switching the J arm around it was causing the notches on the shifter to not fall into the correct alignment.
 
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Old 02-20-2014, 11:05 AM
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Do you need to rotate the tranny shaft arm about 180 degrees?
 
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Thanks for the replies. It was the lokar leveler position on the trans. I had it at about 3oClock and it need to be around 12-1 o clock.
 
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This is my c6 in park using Lokar linkage. I must be going brain dead I'm showing kickdown linkage. Would delete if I knew how.

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Last edited by 3golfjack; 02-20-2014 at 06:29 PM. Reason: showed incorrect picture of wrong linkage
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