Re: Where's Reverse?

["Neill G. Mills" <nmills@domain.elided>]

     I don't know if this will help, mine had a similar problem.
     I have an 80 Scout II with 194k miles.  
     I replaced my pin about a year and a half ago, that worked great
for about a year.  Then reverse and third started to become very difficult.
     A body shop finely trashed the shifter (96 GMC Pickup tried to see
what I had in the back seat.  Scout drove away with a bent bumper and tail
gate, GMC lost grill, bumper, 2 fenders, hood $5000 minim damage). Got 
the spinning shifter.
     
     When I pulled it apart the casting had broken around the pin.  On
closer inspection I notice the socket casting was warn out. about 1/4 of
an inch too deep.  At that depth it will not shift properly.

     I machined off the old socket and machined new socket mount then
pinned them together.  It feels like it is brand new, only about 1 inch
of play at the shifter.  Shifts like butter.
     I have the plans if you need them or if I ever needed to do another.

     Neill
     

>ihc-digest V6 #683
>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:51:02 -0800
>From: MikeIIDC@domain.elided
>Subject: Where's Reverse?
>
>Help!
>
>I had the "Spinning Gear Shift Lever" problem earlier this weekend.
>After receiving some good advice from some digesters, I replaced the pin
>that goes in the ball-and-socket joint that had snapped.  I put things
>back together, and now it will definitely NOT go into reverse.
>
>Michael
>