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Bob from Northport · 06-02-2017, 10:42 PM

We have a truck in the shop that shifts through the gears in the shop barely moving. On the road, when shifting from 1st to 2nd, the shifter will not move into second gear. An inspection of the inside of the trans from the top finds nothing visible to cause this. Can the shift tower or the detent springs and shafts cause this jamming problem??

Thanks!!

Mike V. Florida · 06-02-2017, 11:17 PM

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Yes, it can. If the ball on the end of the shifter is no longer round and the opening for the ball on the forks are too wide, and add in the thickness of the forks where they fit into the gears and just about anything can happen with all that slop.

06-02-2017, 10:42 PM	#1
Bob from Northport Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: 215 E. 6th Street Northport, Michigan 49670 Posts: 941	Transmission question We have a truck in the shop that shifts through the gears in the shop barely moving. On the road, when shifting from 1st to 2nd, the shifter will not move into second gear. An inspection of the inside of the trans from the top finds nothing visible to cause this. Can the shift tower or the detent springs and shafts cause this jamming problem?? Thanks!! __________________ Bob from Northport Northport, Michigan

06-02-2017, 11:17 PM	#2
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Transmission question Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Yes, it can. If the ball on the end of the shifter is no longer round and the opening for the ball on the forks are too wide, and add in the thickness of the forks where they fit into the gears and just about anything can happen with all that slop. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II