our customer was saying his car wasn't going into gear and often wouldn't go into the proper gear.
finding out why is more than just having to fix the problem.
because of the force load put on the shift lever from the air shifter being a quick sudden jerk it puts a hard force load on the pinch bolt of the shaft lever.
the fix to stop the bolt from backing out is to safety wire the bolt to the shift lever. this plus using a longer bolt with a nylon locking nut should remedy the bolt from losing up.
I couldn't find the proper length bolt with the proper length shoulder with a hole in it for safety wiring.
so I had to drill a hole in the head of the 8.8 bolt along with the shift lever.
finding out why is more than just having to fix the problem.
because of the force load put on the shift lever from the air shifter being a quick sudden jerk it puts a hard force load on the pinch bolt of the shaft lever.
the fix to stop the bolt from backing out is to safety wire the bolt to the shift lever. this plus using a longer bolt with a nylon locking nut should remedy the bolt from losing up.
I couldn't find the proper length bolt with the proper length shoulder with a hole in it for safety wiring.
so I had to drill a hole in the head of the 8.8 bolt along with the shift lever.