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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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well i was drivin my truck with no problems at all today but just out of nowhere i backed up into a parking spot and my shifter on my column just went completely loose from park to drive but wouldnt shift into anything so i got under the truck and disconnected the shift cable and moved it to drive by hand drove it home and started to take apart the dash and all that good stuff yep got my shift linkage out and it was sheared in half but the good thing is that it was only 29 bucks and itll be here in the morning
 
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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well i was drivin my truck with no problems at all today but just out of nowhere i backed up into a parking spot and my shifter on my column just went completely loose from park to drive but wouldnt shift into anything so i got under the truck and disconnected the shift cable and moved it to drive by hand drove it home and started to take apart the dash and all that good stuff yep got my shift linkage out and it was sheared in half but the good thing is that it was only 29 bucks and itll be here in the morning
Those things are junk, aluminum dont hold up, i've been ordering those shift tube from the f-750's, they are made of steel. More mony though.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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got the new one in and it was a piece of cake those things are junk though i didnt know the f750 were steel i wouldve got that one
 
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got the new one in and it was a piece of cake those things are junk though i didnt know the f750 were steel i wouldve got that one
 
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