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cheyenne10 · 01-22-2003, 01:03 PM

What is the process for removing a stock shifter from SM465 transmission? Is it simple or involved?

**Yukon Jack** · 01-22-2003, 01:10 PM

Push down on the shifter then their is a kind of cover that you rotate and then the cover will slip off, then the shifter will come right out.

Added tip, if you need to get the top cover off the SM465, the shifter needs to be in reverse about half way.

cheyenne10 · 01-22-2003, 01:58 PM

So the shifter is held on with a kind of spring loaded lock-ring? I assume no tools required?

jays68yak · 01-22-2003, 02:02 PM

Ok what if you have a NP435?? How does it come off then?

**Yukon Jack** · 01-22-2003, 02:27 PM

Yep, no tools. No idea on the NP435, sorry.

mikep · 01-22-2003, 04:35 PM

I have an np 435. its real easy. I use a pair of channel locks opened up all the way and push down on the depressions in the lock collar and rotate it counterclockwise. The shift lever then pulls straight out. It looks harder than it is. Once you get the hang of it its a 3 second job.

01-22-2003, 01:03 PM	#1
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	removing 4 spd shifter What is the process for removing a stock shifter from SM465 transmission? Is it simple or involved? __________________ Bob

01-22-2003, 01:10 PM	#2
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Push down on the shifter then their is a kind of cover that you rotate and then the cover will slip off, then the shifter will come right out. Added tip, if you need to get the top cover off the SM465, the shifter needs to be in reverse about half way. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-22-2003, 01:58 PM	#3
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	cover So the shifter is held on with a kind of spring loaded lock-ring? I assume no tools required? __________________ Bob

01-22-2003, 02:02 PM	#4
jays68yak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gilroy, CA Posts: 1,454	Ok what if you have a NP435?? How does it come off then? __________________ 1969 Chevy Project SWB Fleet, 20s, 5.3, t56, in the weeds. 1970 Chevy Truck cab on a 1979 Jimmy frame-8.1 liter 496 bbc/sm465/np203-jeds doubler-np205/d60/14bff Welded/42 tsls on recentered H1s 1998 Chevy Crew Cab K3500 SAS'd with hpd60, links and swayaway coilovers. 8.1l vortec DD/towrig "I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. "

01-22-2003, 02:27 PM	#5
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Yep, no tools. No idea on the NP435, sorry. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-22-2003, 04:35 PM	#6
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	I have an np 435. its real easy. I use a pair of channel locks opened up all the way and push down on the depressions in the lock collar and rotate it counterclockwise. The shift lever then pulls straight out. It looks harder than it is. Once you get the hang of it its a 3 second job. __________________ No truck :-(



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