This weekend I found the time to get under the truck and install my shift lever and grommets. Took about 10 minutes. The linkage was fairly easy to adjust with the help of my son in the seat shifting it for me until I found the right spot to lock 'er down. I'm back in 4x4 world now!

 

well this just happend to me. Well atleast i just discovered it last night.lol I went muddin last saturday and just noticed it. Good thing was the rod was still under there when i looked this morning. Question though what way does it go back on. with the bolt toward the engine or the back?

 

Once you get under there you'll see it can only go on one way, but here's a pic:

 

Hsppened to me last weekend at the deer lease. When I crawled underneath everything was gone. Rod, grommets, adjustment bracket. Had to use a hammer and piece of rebar to bank her back into four low so I could get back out of the canyon. Does anybody know if the part numbers listed earlier in the thread are good for an 05 as well? Plan on attacking this early next week. Hopefully won't need 4wd between now and then and will definently be doing the "tether" and buying extra grommets. Guess I can't complain too much, 210,000 miles and in 4wd almost every week or two for 6 years and this is the first problem.

 

i had the same issue...dealer said the same thing on the price...luckly i got a idea and it cost me $4 to fix the missin linkage

 

Thank you very much for this info. I bought a grommet "kit" from Advance Auto but I'm not sure they will last long. I will be ordering one of the 68078974-AA tomorrow.

 

Found myself with the same linkage problem on my 2004 Ram. Read a few of these and came up with my own "bulletproof" solution. Two 5/8 in bolts, two lock washers, and two flat washers. Using a 10in piece of 1/4 in steel as the linkage. Works like a dream. And cost me about 45 mins with parts I had lying around. Hope this helps.

 

I found this forum today after searching for the linkage after having this same problem myself today. After reading the posts on it, I searched the part number and found the whole set up, link rod, grommets and everything for $34 and free shipping... Thought I would share.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transfer-cas...-/271061484591

 

Exactly what I needed, part numbers and all, still valid as of today, 28 Sep '13. Thank you!

 

Just a correction to the clamp bolt part number JQ18077