Transmission Leak - Cracked Case
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#12
Sounds like he has the same problem with the shifter as I do.The pivot bushing on the shifter is siezed and the shifter is pivoting on the rubber,making it hard to move and bounce back to 2H.
As a temporary fix(till I figure out how to remove the bushing),I drilled a sieries of holes around the outside of the rubber to loosen the fit a bit,then sprayed red grease into the holes and worked the shifter.Leaves some tension on the stick,but allows it to stay in the wanted setting.
Yes this is only a stop-gap move,but it works for now.
As a temporary fix(till I figure out how to remove the bushing),I drilled a sieries of holes around the outside of the rubber to loosen the fit a bit,then sprayed red grease into the holes and worked the shifter.Leaves some tension on the stick,but allows it to stay in the wanted setting.
Yes this is only a stop-gap move,but it works for now.
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#18
So I used a gear puller to yank the rubber off the pivot, which messed up that white plastic (I later tore it off) and chewed up a little rubber. Then I took a torch to the metal until the plastic at the other end of the bearing just started to melt a little. I clamped some vice grips on the bearing and was finally able to turn it a little, then a little more, then I could rotate it 360. It never really got loose, but it was now mobile. I used a vise to press the lever back onto the pivot, then put it all back in the truck and it shifts great now.