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I just looked at the reverse lockout on my shifter. The spring loaded pawl has tension on it, so the spring is not broken. Is the pawl supposed to make contact with the shift lever when coming out of 5th? In looking at my lever, the pawl doesn't touch the lever when coming out of 5th. It goes right past it without coming close to the pawl. Shouldn't the lever hit the pawl when coming out of 5th and the pawl directs the lever toward 4th without allowing the lever to engage reverse? It looks like to me that the pawl on the carrier plate is not moving back enough into the shift pattern of the shift lever to act as a reverse lockout (as it was designed). I can't tell if this is due to a broken component on the lock pawl carrier plate or if there is just too much slop in the shifter and the lever is missing the pawl? I did replace the ball socket bushing on the lever a few years ago.