Shifter Arm Install Help???

[turner15]

So I am reinstalling the shifter arm on the column and can't seem to get it right.

I can't find the spring thing and it seems to stop going all the way into the socket. Any ideas as to how to do this? I've attached so pics.

I think I am just missing a step or 2.

[berencam]

its always just fit right in for me. are you sure you are getting the ball to go into the joint correctly. is that the original shifter arm your using?

[turner15]

Originally Posted by berencam

its always just fit right in for me. are you sure you are getting the ball to go into the joint correctly. is that the original shifter arm your using?

yes the original everything. I only have 3 shifts on the shifter at this time? I was told there is a safety thing that prevents the other 2 positions on the shifter when the arm is out.

[68SHORTBOX]

Check the small hole that the ball end of the shifter fits into there may be a small anti-rattle bushing in the hole, if it is not lined up correctly lever will not go all the way in.

[turner15]

So I got some bad advice thinking there was a spring in the column that made you move the shifter forward to shift, like in the more modern trucks.

So there isn't one. I have the linkage jammed in just above the lower bearing. Once I pried it into the right position it works again.