Re: CLUNK !
Posted by HH56 On 2017/6/22 19:59:18
Interesting the shaft is totally locked. A dumb question but since the detents are fairly healthy, did you apply enough pressure to move it?
The park pawl does not directly attach to the shaft the lever operates so the usual parking pawl stuck in the gear reasons for staying in park may not apply. The lever and shaft rotates a roller assy which slides under the park pawl and pushes it against a spring and into mesh with the park gear. The disconnected outside lever should at least move to take it out even if the pawl stays engaged. When the lever moves it out of park the roller assy rotates away and the spring is what retracts the pawl.
When you start looking, since the lever won't move at all, if you do not see anything obvious with something broken or bent the manual valve itself might be worth checking. With the later production of the car, I'd be surprised if it had the early problem item or at least if it hadn't been corrected or replaced when the car was new but anything is possible.
If it does turn out to be the valve be advised that if you pull it out of the valve body it is a royal PIA to get it back in without some extra work. The detents are made by two round end spring loaded plungers opposite one another pushing into the series of rounded depressions toward the end of the valve. With the blunt end of the valve forced against them, the plungers cannot separate to allow the valve to slide between without some assistance from some kind of pointed object to force the plungers apart and let the valve follow the object while the plungers are still open. Hopefully Ross will have a better or easier idea to replace the valve if it has to come out to be worked on.
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The park pawl does not directly attach to the shaft the lever operates so the usual parking pawl stuck in the gear reasons for staying in park may not apply. The lever and shaft rotates a roller assy which slides under the park pawl and pushes it against a spring and into mesh with the park gear. The disconnected outside lever should at least move to take it out even if the pawl stays engaged. When the lever moves it out of park the roller assy rotates away and the spring is what retracts the pawl.
When you start looking, since the lever won't move at all, if you do not see anything obvious with something broken or bent the manual valve itself might be worth checking. With the later production of the car, I'd be surprised if it had the early problem item or at least if it hadn't been corrected or replaced when the car was new but anything is possible.
If it does turn out to be the valve be advised that if you pull it out of the valve body it is a royal PIA to get it back in without some extra work. The detents are made by two round end spring loaded plungers opposite one another pushing into the series of rounded depressions toward the end of the valve. With the blunt end of the valve forced against them, the plungers cannot separate to allow the valve to slide between without some assistance from some kind of pointed object to force the plungers apart and let the valve follow the object while the plungers are still open. Hopefully Ross will have a better or easier idea to replace the valve if it has to come out to be worked on.
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