After having my Atomic Four for 24 years I an excited that I finally have a problem that I can post here for advice!
It was getting hard to shift into forward so I lubed the shift cable. I had it hanging for about a year with oil running thru it.
The cable moves easily. I just ran the engine after it was sitting for about a year. It was very difficult to shift into gear requiring a lot of force. I removed the gear cover and took a peak. I also unhooked the shift cable. I noticed that the 3 shift fingers do not ride up on the collar. Also each finger has a small spot of rough metal where it contacts the collar. Maybe you can see it in the pictures.
I assume that I need to adjust the collar as outlined in the MMI procedure. But I will most likely have to remove the fingers so I can remove the raw metal. But that worries me as far as the smoothness of where the fingers hit the collar. (There has always been good oil at the correct level)
It always took some force to shift. I am wondering if I have been using too much force for 20 years.
Does this happen sometimes?
It was getting hard to shift into forward so I lubed the shift cable. I had it hanging for about a year with oil running thru it.
The cable moves easily. I just ran the engine after it was sitting for about a year. It was very difficult to shift into gear requiring a lot of force. I removed the gear cover and took a peak. I also unhooked the shift cable. I noticed that the 3 shift fingers do not ride up on the collar. Also each finger has a small spot of rough metal where it contacts the collar. Maybe you can see it in the pictures.
I assume that I need to adjust the collar as outlined in the MMI procedure. But I will most likely have to remove the fingers so I can remove the raw metal. But that worries me as far as the smoothness of where the fingers hit the collar. (There has always been good oil at the correct level)
It always took some force to shift. I am wondering if I have been using too much force for 20 years.
Does this happen sometimes?
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