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03-26-2009, 11:16 PM

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Auto Trans shifter help please

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Joe

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03-27-2009, 12:36 AM

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I have replaced about 20 or so of these shift tube and on a fleet baises they are weak.

The outter tube rotates a plate that those 2 screws you tightened up on that is connected to your trans shift cable and your indicator cable. Those are the only 2 screws your can tighten up related to the shift tube.

Things that will add to the sloppiness beyond those screws. I'll try to put this in point form.

-The outter tube rotates on 2 plastic bushings, those bushings can wear out which will allow the outter tube to bounce around in. (common)

FIX: Disassemble and replace bushings

-Each bushing on the outter tube has a clamp, each with 2 screws that can loosen. (rare)

FIX: Drop column and tighten clamp screws

-The 2 screws like you tightened can back out, I put a little bit of blue locktite on the threads on shift tube replacements. (somewhat common)

FIX: Can be tightened with out dropping column

-The pin on the outter shift tube that the shifter handle pivots on wears out and allows there to be slop in the handle to ouuter shift tube.(very common)

FIX: Disassemble and replace worn parts, 90% of the time you need shift handle pin and outter shift column. The other 10% of the time you need the 1st 2 parts and the shift handle.

Those are your main points of wear, for stiff shifting in all cases I've found kinked or badly bent shift cables or corrosion from elements make its way into the cable at the transmission. These cables can sieze up just like your e-brake cables. I have replaced many inner and outter shift tubes that are broken from operators forcing on the handle because of siezed shift cables.

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03-27-2009, 03:45 PM

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Thanks that is great information and gives me the direction I needed. I have just received my service man and I think I can work this out now thanks again

Joe

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03-28-2009, 12:24 AM

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where are these two screws located mine is a little sloppy 2

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03-28-2009, 04:58 AM

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Jim get a flashlight and look under the dash where shift tube comes down column there are 2 torx head screws which tend to back out tighten them up, this is the most common problem.

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03-28-2009, 12:50 PM

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thanks guys im gonna check it out

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06-13-2009, 02:41 PM

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Add my uncle to the list of the people with the sloppy shifter. Once i found this picture it took like 2 minutes to fix with a T30 Torx bit. Gotta love this forum...

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Auto Trans shifter help please

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