so i changed my oil in the getrag, getting hot out so i wanted some synthetic not knowing what was in there, took out the shifter, filled her up, replaced the shifter, now i cant get it to shift. what did i miss? kept the retainer screws in the same spot, any help would be appreciated, got to go to work in the morning

 

Sometimes taking things apart then putting them back together fixes the problem. Then before you put the long lever back on, you should be able to move the stub lever back and forth to be sure it's engaged in the rails or shifter mechanism.

 

Was the shifter in NEUTRAL before removing it ??

Remove the shifter, look inside and see if the slots are all lined up for NEUTRAL; if not, line them up with a big screw-driver or the like, then re-install the shifter, making sure the end goes in the slots.


Never pull a shifter with the transmission in gear, always in NEUTRAL.


Hope this helps.

 

Been there done that....just cant get it in the hole sometimes. Bearkiller summed it up great.

 

yah , i got it. thank you gentlemen for the reply's. I looked in the sticky for the proper fork allignement, 1/2 was a little off. big screwdriver popped it right in. like a edit, i started to take the snapring off in 1st gear.