Should I lift the shifter from touching left to a more centered approach?

Well, went into this project with 2nd, 4th and 5th gears gone. I found that the bushing were completely gone. Replaced all bushings front to back and have tinkered with the alignment as stated but now have 2nd, 4th, 5th, and REV but no 1st or 3rd. Should I lift the shifter from touching left to a more centered approach?

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[Nick at Pelican Parts]

Yes it needs to be centered to have the proper throw

- Nick

[Larrybrook]

I assume you've rebuilt the bushings on the coupler? if not it's very easy to do, and the parts are very reasonable from our host.