I just acquired a 92 D250 with a getrag 5 speed. While I was driving it home it felt like the shifter handle was placed too far towards the passenger side. I'm sure it's in the stock location, but it's too far to the right for my liking. Has anybody rebent their shifter handle to angle it over towards the driver side? Or is that any aftermarket company that makes a handle similar to this?

 

Most of the 5 speeds I've seen have had the handle tweaked. Most just warm it up with the hot wrench and pull it a bit to the left. Mine was done when I got it.

 

Put a nv 4500 in it and the shifter will be in a comfortable spot

 

I've wanted to move mine over about 3", maybe next time I change teh trans oil...

 

Mine had been heated and bent when i got mine. The man i bought it from said that was all he did was heat it up and bend it toward drivers side. I've since then have put an NV4500 in mine.

 

I plan on that eventually. Funds dictate now that I have to run the getrag til I can get a NV4500.

 

Yeah I was lucky, my truck already had it in there when I bought it all with Advance Adapters parts

 

the 92 2wd i had the shifter was close to you but i have no idea if it was bent from factory or not, my 2 that i have now are strait and i have no problems reaching it,
i think its made that way to keep you from resting you hand on the shifter while in 5th

 

And so it wont hit the ashtray when you got it open, my 4500 hits it

 

i think it hits in 1st with it out, but i dont open it that much just enough to have a cell charger in it

 

Just don't use first gear

 

i dont unless i have a trailer........ so i guess i use it all the time

 

I have an angled shifter that I want to replace with my straight one, but when I went to install the angled one it would not fit. The angled shifter has two holes that bolt up to the accompany piece that come out of the transmission. Whereas the straight one does not bolt up the same, it almost looks as if it comes right out of the transmission. So my questions is where can I find the correct lower harware?

Thanks I hope that made some sort of sense

 

I am pretty sure the '93's had the bent shifter and the two-bolts set up.

Does your straight one thread on the "stub" that goes into the tranny?

Mine has a bend and it sure looks factory.

 

Yes the 93 had the bent shifter, and I think that my straight shifter is threaded, not bolted up.