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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 4 Wheel Drives => Topic started by: Blazin on February 14, 2009, 12:39:20 am
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Well just got done drilling out the broken end of the bolt that the 4x shifter pivots on in my 1 ton. Still need to re tap it, and helicoil it. New bolt will be here Tues.
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What happened?
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It broke off! Duh! ;D
I shifted it into 4x and then the shifter hit the seat! Tried to turn it out with a punch, heated it no dice. Had to drill it, of course its in such a nice spot I didn't quite get it centered. I crept up on the size. Then blew the last of it out with a torch. Then over drilled it, taped and Helicoiled it. Ended up using a used bolt out of a parts truck. Didn't have the grease fitting holes so I drilled the bolt and taped it for one.
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well happy to say its shifts like butter now. Eveidently my hard shifting problem was the grease was not getting in between the bolt and the bushing!
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Or you jamming on it to hard with your foot... LOL
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Or you jamming on it to hard with your foot... LOL
Yup thats what I was thinking, you beat me to it Chris.
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I agree. Back when i first got it it wouldn't take grease, I heated it and it took it. It looked like it was taking grease anyway! Evidently it was just squirting out the outside end. In my defense it broke when I shifted it into 4x with my hand. That was the screwed up part it would shift in no problem, and sometimes shift out very easy.