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Post by slowolds on Dec 30, 2009 17:45:39 GMT -5
I am trying to pull apart a disabled auto console shift mechanism. Does the main pin that the shifter pivots on in the frame need to be pressed out? There is a C clip that slips in a grove in it. That clip and all other bolts are out put that pin does not budge.
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Post by nickthefish on Jan 5, 2010 17:02:06 GMT -5
Scott, Can you post a pic of what you're trying to do? Not quite following you on this one.
Nick
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 10:31:15 GMT -5
The pivot pin is not pressed in. You have to take a couple of short bolts out that hold the C clip in place and then you can tap the pin out with a punch(use some liquid wrench on it). Be careful with the washers and where everything goes for reassembly. I have been working on these quite a bit trying to re-engineer the T handles. I came up with a very simple redo of the shifting mechanics using most of the original parts and a couple of ball bearings but most of you will think it is too crude-but it works.
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Post by RAM Z on Jan 6, 2010 11:02:21 GMT -5
Since when did we become the Grey Poupon crowd? Post up what you did.
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Post by slowolds on Jan 6, 2010 11:55:10 GMT -5
I have the C clip out of the way but the pivot pin will not budge. I just wanted sure that it did not only go one way.
I have the knack of making things move the opposite way that they were intended.
I can take a picture tonight it needed. I am just trying to remove the main pinn that holds the shifter to the bracket.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 20:34:40 GMT -5
Soak the pin and surrounding area with some liquid wrench overnite and then with the shifter secured in a vise or something just drive the pin out. They are sort of pinched in place due to rust and junk but they are not pressed in place. Clean up all the parts real well before reassembly and make sure you put it back together the same way-the C clip goes into the groove on the bushing.
Here's what I did with my shifter situation-mine all had the ears broken off. I have a very simplistic approach to engineering, so here goes. Disassemble the shifter T handle and save the end caps and spring. Take the "pushrod" out of the shifter shaft(what we were talking about above with slowolds). Build up the end of the shaft with weld where it necks down(where all the fancy little original parts were hooked to) so that the shaft can be ground down fully round to the end(the shaft ends up about 1/4 inch diameter)and square on the end(it now looks like a piece of staight metal rod). Make sure you can slide the rod back into the shifter housing. Now grind a 45 degree angle on the end of the shaft-low on the driver's side up toward the pass. side where it will end up at a point. Reassemble the shifter and fasten the empty T handle onto the shaft with the two set screws-the shifter rod will be sticking up into the the empy T handle. On the pass. side of the T put in a 5/8 steel ball bearing, cut the spring so that it pushes the ball bearing over to the shaft inside the T and just enough so that you can put the fixed endcap back on. On the driver's side, put in another 5/8 steel ball bearing and adjust the moveable cap/bolt/nut so that it just pushes that ball over to the other ball(the shifter "pushrod" will now be in between the two ball bearings). Put the retainer clip back into it's groove to hold the moveable cap in place. Push the moveable cap/button and presto, it pushes the "pushrod" down by rolling over the 45 degree angle cut on the end of it. Crude but effective.
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