[DeTomaso] Shift linkage - 2nd & reverse

[Dave Londry]

  Mikes point
- it's due to an aftermarket shift gate whose lateral dimensions match 
the factory steel gate, but because it's aluminum and twice as thick, 
the angular orientation of the shift lever strikes the sides of the gate
 >>>> I imagine it's the original. It's steel and it had some casting 
lines in the gates that I took out with a dremel.
I was tempted to open out reverse (to the left), but I didn't want to 
cover up a problem.

Rob's was too extreme for me to see what it could have been
- wedge the screw driver into the shift linkage connection and help 
rotate it down

Julian (paraphrased)
- trunion bearing drooped so that lateral shifter travel is reduced
 >>>> Maybe - I also get about 1/4" of vertical travel (slop) at the 
firewall. Is that excessive?

Several
- slop in the u-joints. No they're tight
 >>>>>

Rich & I
- console/gate too high. Carpeting under the console.
 >>>>> It was re-carpeted in the previous (bad) resto, so this is also a 
possibility.
          I could cut out the carpet and re-edge it outside the console, 
or open up the reverse gate.

Anyhow - I think two possibilities have come up.
                 Trunion misalignment and too much carpeting.

Hope I didn't lose any to CRS syndrome.
dave





> If you have thick carpet it raises the shift cover where the shift gate sits on
> see if you can get the cover to go down further and it will help the left and righ movement
> Rich
> ---- Dave Londry<davel at emspace.com>  wrote:
>>    That's a good procedure.
>> Now just in case Bob has this one also....................
>>
>> I can't get enough lateral travel.
>> When I set the turnbuckle with the shifter far enough to the right to
>> get reverse, I scrape the right side of the 2nd gear gate.
>> When I re-centre it for 2nd&  4th, I can't get reverse.
>>
>> You'd thing the console was up too high or something like that.
>> Anybody have an idea?
>> tks
>> dave
>>
>>
>> On 10/3/2010 8:21 AM, Julian Kift wrote:
>>> This is most certainly a shift rod alignment issue, did you remove both ends of the shift linkage for painting?
>>>
>>> If the turnbuckle was not previously undone the shift rod may have been reassembled with a u-joint offset by one spline, which is possible to do and still get the bolt to go through the clamp.
>>>
>>> Remember that the turnbuckle has one right hand thread and one left hand thread, so be sure to wrench in the right direction. Left hand threads are normally moarked on the nut with a small nick/cut on the hexagonal ponts of the nut. It sounds like you have undone the right hand nut, so try tightening the other one and it should undo!
>>>
>>> For adjustment put the car in neutral and then adjust the turnbuckle so as to center the gear stick in the middle of the gate neutral position as a first approximation and the fine tune from there if need be. Be aware that a very small movement on the turnbuckle is quite a change at the gear stick, so much so that the act of retightening the turnbuckle can misalign everything again if you don't hold it in the desired position whilst you button everything up.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> Julian
>>>
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