Sloppy gear shift
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Sloppy gear shift
My gear shift is sloppy and hard to get into gear. I am thinking it is the synchronizer. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does anyone know what the cost to fix might be? It is on a 2004 F350 power stroke diesel
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That fixed his issue, not sure if it is yours, but worth checking out..
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That was it. Turns out the lower bolt had never been tightened. It was only threaded about 1/2 way through and I had to thread it the rest of the way to tighten it. The top was really loose too. I fixed both and am no longer having a problem! Thanks! Saved me a service fee and I only had to spent about $15 in tools!
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That was it. Turns out the lower bolt had never been tightened. It was only threaded about 1/2 way through and I had to thread it the rest of the way to tighten it. The top was really loose too. I fixed both and am no longer having a problem! Thanks! Saved me a service fee and I only had to spent about $15 in tools!
I guess they haven't been tourquing those at the factory..
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I have a similar problem with my shifting lever. I have no problems shifting gears, but the lever is rather lose. When I say lose, it doesn't sit center on the Drive letter in the display. Is there a way to tighten it up?? I checked on the tranny and that is tight so I assume its something on the steering column area.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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I have a similar problem with my shifting lever. I have no problems shifting gears, but the lever is rather lose. When I say lose, it doesn't sit center on the Drive letter in the display. Is there a way to tighten it up?? I checked on the tranny and that is tight so I assume its something on the steering column area.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
It sounds like yours is an automatic and I believe others have had that problem and there are many posts about it..
Did you try searching??
