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Old Jun 2, 2022 | 02:03 PM
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Gear Selection Needle Off-aligned

My gear selection needle is off-aligned on my 2001 F150 Harley Davidson. How do I get it aligned again? It was off-aligned once before then back in-aligned somehow. Now it's off-aligned again.

The truck is in Park below.

 
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Old Jun 2, 2022 | 08:11 PM
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Old Jun 3, 2022 | 09:28 AM
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There is an adjustment on the PRNDL cable
They have a habit of breaking the adjustment thumbwheel bracket
The cable and bracket was only available as an assembly with the indicator in the cluster
Look up from under the pedals and you can see the cable and adjustment bracket
 
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Old Jun 3, 2022 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon Freeman
Perfect, thanks!


Originally Posted by manicmechanic007
There is an adjustment on the PRNDL cable
They have a habit of breaking the adjustment thumbwheel bracket
The cable and bracket was only available as an assembly with the indicator in the cluster
Look up from under the pedals and you can see the cable and adjustment bracket
I will take a look when I get to it. Is this an easy replacement?

 
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It's easy to replace the broken little plastic piece if you can find one at the junkyard
It is some difficult to replace the assembly, the cluster has to be removed and then taken apart
The broke piece may look like this
They made 2 styles here is one
 
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Old Jun 9, 2022 | 11:57 PM
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May be nothing wrong with the alignment. Might be loose bolts for shifter linkage on column.
 
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