 Shift Linkage Installation, Must be an easier way |
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| damnfiknow |
 Feb 20 2011, 09:44 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 25-October 09 From: Texas Member No.: 10,980 Region Association: None  |
Just finished my fifth installation of my transmission in the past 2 weeks. I doing this alone so hope to heck I have the clutch throw accurate this time. Needless to say I have got the in and out pretty well down. But, the final step (for me) of connecting the shift rod at the firewall is a bi#ch. I have tried bracing the shift lever in the cockpit to hold in place. No good. I have held the rod with vicegrips at the firewall. Not much better. Any ideas? All of this is at jack stand level. I don't have a lift.
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| r_towle |
Feb 20 2011, 09:53 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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Get someone to hold the shifter....that way it can be turned to get the screw lined up...and pushed to insert the ujoint..
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| 76-914 |
Feb 20 2011, 10:37 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,502 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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I use some needle nose vice grips. The thin jaws give you room enough to work.
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| silver74insocal |
Feb 20 2011, 11:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 736 Joined: 26-November 09 From: rancho cucamonga Member No.: 11,073 Region Association: Southern California |
is this a tail shift thing? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) i hooked mine up (side shifter) without a hitch. i did have my shifter removed, so i could pull the bar out quite a bit, bing bang boom, done. definetly scribe or mark the bar and the shift connector both horizontally and vertically before removing though, im still fine tuning mine after i newb'd it and just yanked it out. good luck (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Dave
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| Dr Evil |
Feb 21 2011, 07:30 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 22,999 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Some are a bitch to get. I just do gymnastics and push here, pull there, foot here, elbow there, until the angles line up. Then, I get a friend and it takes a minute. If you didnt already put oil in it, you can pull the shift console housing on the tranny and then reinstall the whole thing once the rod is hooked up.
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