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Offline pink panther

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4 speed hanging up
« on: May 18, 2009 - 04:15:49 PM »
My chally 4-speed got stuck in no man's land again on Saturday in Omaha, it sometimes intermittenly gets stuck in between gears, not really in any of them, seems to happen when shifting out of reverse.  I know I can have hurst rebuild the shifter mechanism for about $100.00 , I have checked the allignment with a drill bit, but could it be the actual linkage and not the shifter?  like I said it doesn't happen alot, but is a real pain when it hangs up
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Offline 73Chally

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Re: 4 speed hanging up
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2009 - 06:08:00 PM »
I was having problems with mine before because the crappy trans mount bushing had dropped so far that the shifter rods were hitting the cross brace, making it very difficult to get into gear.

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Re: 4 speed hanging up
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2009 - 08:05:08 PM »
I would start by just removing the shifter & cleaning & greasing it & re-installing it yourself

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Re: 4 speed hanging up
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2009 - 09:01:16 PM »
what do you grease it with Chryco? regular lithium grease?
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Re: 4 speed hanging up
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2009 - 01:17:52 AM »
Wheel Brg grease is what I use

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Offline Changin Gears

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Re: 4 speed hanging up
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2009 - 06:42:51 AM »
You might want to try lengthening the reverse rod a turn or 2.  That will help make sure the transmission is out of reverse before the shifter goes throught the gate.


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