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| | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 | Just got a 55 2-ton dump a few days ago. The shifter was really wallowed out on the two channels on either side of the shifter. Just got a new one in today from Novak and you can feel spring tension moving the handle to the left but not the right. When its in the center it's really loose feeling with nothing really centering it. What's wrong with it?
1955 Chevy Dumptruck
2003 Chevy 2500HD: Crewcab, Longbed, 2wd, 6-speed manual
2005 Pontiac GTO: 500hp and a transbraked TH400
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Spring tension to the left is the reverse gear, that's normal.
Slop can also be the small pins in the top of the housing that engage with the slots in the shifter ball/pivot. Either replace the pins, or try to turn them 90 degrees to where they are not worn.
If that's not all of your problem then last thing could be the shift rails are worn where the lever engages them.
Grigg | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 | Hmmm. Ok then. I'm going out this morning to drill and tap the housing to put in 1/4-20 grade 8 bolts since the previous owner just had a couple of screws there to hold the shifter. Hopefully that's all it is.
1955 Chevy Dumptruck
2003 Chevy 2500HD: Crewcab, Longbed, 2wd, 6-speed manual
2005 Pontiac GTO: 500hp and a transbraked TH400
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | I think the pins are really 5/16". Measure the slots on the side of the shifter, that's the size pins you want. The holes in the shift tower that they fit may be 1/4".
Early on I drilled mine out and put roll pins (spring pins) in, it worked OK, however, if I were to do it again I would duplicate the original setup with stepped pins installed from the inside and riveted/peened over on the outside.
Just remove the old ones, make the new ones, and install, no modifying or damage is done by duplicating the original setup.
Grigg | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 | Success!!! The 1/4-20 bolts work, but you are right Grigg, it's still a little sloppy. I need to put another bend in the shifter rod as the guy at NAPA who did it yesterday angled it toward the drivers side to much. But as it sits I can get into all the gears and I even took it for a spin around the block. Boy is this thing geared low. I'm not a big fan of how the gears are spaced. A gear vendors would help out to keep it in the meat of the torque curve. That's way down on the list though.
1955 Chevy Dumptruck
2003 Chevy 2500HD: Crewcab, Longbed, 2wd, 6-speed manual
2005 Pontiac GTO: 500hp and a transbraked TH400
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