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TP from Cntl PA · 11-19-2006, 06:48 PM

I don't know if it my NP205 is the only one out there like this, but it shifted harder than all get out, and took nearly two hands to pop it into 4-lo. Today while I put new calipers and hoses on it(Had one hose with an internal collapse so I put everything new on in the front)..........I investigated the shifter. I looked at it while everything was off the truck and it looked ok, but I failed to notice that the mounting bolt was seized to the shifter, so after a hours worth of heating with the torch, my brother inside the truck moving the shifter, and me with the breaker bar underneith we got it loose. I got to looking at it, and I made an improvement..........I drilled and tapped a hole for a grease fitting. Put it back together and it shifts awesome, just touch it and it drops into 4-hi, push it ahead with one finger into 2-Hi and 4-Lo.

Why didn't GM put a grease fitting on it? The bolt was machined with a relief for one? Anyhow, she is fixed for good(I am known to OVER lubricate

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11-19-2006, 06:48 PM	#1
TP from Cntl PA Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central PA....In the Berg of Nisbet Posts: 790	Fixed a thorn in my 4x4....... I don't know if it my NP205 is the only one out there like this, but it shifted harder than all get out, and took nearly two hands to pop it into 4-lo. Today while I put new calipers and hoses on it(Had one hose with an internal collapse so I put everything new on in the front)..........I investigated the shifter. I looked at it while everything was off the truck and it looked ok, but I failed to notice that the mounting bolt was seized to the shifter, so after a hours worth of heating with the torch, my brother inside the truck moving the shifter, and me with the breaker bar underneith we got it loose. I got to looking at it, and I made an improvement..........I drilled and tapped a hole for a grease fitting. Put it back together and it shifts awesome, just touch it and it drops into 4-hi, push it ahead with one finger into 2-Hi and 4-Lo. Why didn't GM put a grease fitting on it? The bolt was machined with a relief for one? Anyhow, she is fixed for good(I am known to OVER lubricate ) __________________ '72 K-20 EFI'ed 250 Inline/4spd stake body, Farm Truck '71 C-20 Cummins Diesel Powered, In storage thanks to $5.00 diesel! '69 3500 GMC 305V-6/4spd, Still under reconstruction.......... Inlines Rule! 6 soldiers standing is better than 8 laying down!!!!!!!! Last edited by TP from Cntl PA; 11-19-2006 at 07:03 PM.

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