Re: Sticking shift linkage

Posted by Mark Graber On 2014/7/10 15:56:25

OK, this is starting to get challenging. Pulled the carpet and access panel. The arms have indexes at 90 degrees so they can't just be tweaked. And, rotation 90 degrees won't work - the arms move too far.
So, I set the idlers up to match Howard's picture with the levers pinned in neutral and the rods unattached. Back under the car, the 1-R arm and rod line up great. However, the 2-3 rod ends up rearward from neutral just about in 2nd gear position. Too far back to adjust properly up front.
Stymied again.
This shouldn't be this hard. What's maddening is that by all accounts the arms are properly in their N position and I can't find fault with the linkage assembly or any of the replaced/rebuilt parts.
The new/rebuilt parts are:
- the transmission, with my old arms properly installed.
- new bushings in the idler assembly
- new shift levers on the column
- new idler shaft and bracket

I near the end on this one....

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