Re: Ultramatic Hard Shifting into Reverse

Posted by JeromeSolberg On 2017/5/14 22:26:09

I haven't checked excessive gear lash. I didn't think it was a problem because I have tend to not have the problem when the transmission is cold - when I first start it and back up in the morning the shift has been just as soft and gentle going into low or reverse as when going into high range. It only "clunks" after I have driven it for a while.

Anyhow, I have more to do to get the differential pinion seal and the rear transmission seal replaced, as well as the transmission and the oil pan gasket, as it weeps from all those places.

Am I right that the right-hand side adjuster on the transmission is for the reverse? That's the only one I was able to adjust, given the time I had.

Gosh, by the way, it is SO HARD to check the transmission fluid. Probably the only way to both safely and accurately check it is to put both the rear tires up on "blocks" and both the front tires up on jack stands, so you have the thing up high enough to get under there, but still level. Even then it is difficult.

I really would like to be able to double-check things, say on Sunday morning before I take it somewhere, but the time (and getting dirty quotient) required basically precludes that.