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Originally posted by jpahemi
Hayden:
I've got the classic lever and the welded tab covers 1/2 of the face of the lock out button; should the tap (while in neutral) be ahead of the button? I've tried a more forward position, but then it makes reverse engagement more difficult. I've backed out the lock out assembly a tad, but I'm unable to avoid the 4-5 click.
Regards,
J.P.
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JP,
Neutral position for the lever is really a range of travel, rather than an exact position fore and aft. This is true of all 915 shift mechanisms - regardless of source.
This is a function of the internal design of the transmission, plus any accumulated axial play from the other parts in the shift linkage.
When the lever is at the rearmost limit of the neutral travel, it should overlap the reverse lock-out button. A 1/3 of the diameter of the small tip is sufficient.
When the lever is at the forwards limit of the neutral travel it will clear the button by some margin.
When the lever position is correctly set you will only access reverse by moving the lever laterally at the rearmost limit of the neutral travel. If you were to move the lever laterally at the forwards limit of neutral, the tab on the shift lever will pass ahead of the reverse lock-out plunger and you will be blocked from access to reverse gear.
There will always be some tendency for the tab to swipe the end of the button when going from 4th to 5th, but unless the reverse lock-out plunger is deeply depressed in that process, then there will not be a significant noise.
I offer this explanation to anyone who asks about the noise.
Regards
Hayden