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HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
Time to ask the experts! How do you remove the handle from the SM465 tranny? I've got the removable high hump floor cover off, but don't know what to do next?
Can anyone help?
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
Get you a pair of needle nose pliers, and open them up and push down on the front and rear of the ball joint looking piece and pull up and maybe twist to the left on the shifter. Sometimes they make you curse a little bit, but once you take one out, it's pretty easy to do one again. Hope this helps, Trevor
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
As Trevor indicates, push down on the half sphere on the bottom of the shift lever and as you do, turn the whole shifter - it will pop out. You only have to turn it less than a 1/4 turn. Make sure you have the transmission in neutral before you do it.
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
Thanks guys! That's why this board is awsome!
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
Sounds easy...guess I'll find out this weekend!
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
great post I was wondering the same thing. I need to take mine out to paint my interior and fix the hump there is a hole that the PO patched with very thin tin material I am gonna replace with steel.
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
I used a wooden dowel to push/twist/pop mine out. Then you can look inside and see why those transmissions are so bomb proof.
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
I followed your directions but still can't seem to free up my shift lever. It looks like there might be a roll pin in mine. Do I need to pull the pin out?
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
If anyone figures out how to remove the slop from one will you post it up?
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
I menuvered my CH465 down and out without removing my shifter. You might have to lift the truck a bit. Just make sure it's blocked up with good jack stands.
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
PS My seat was out too which might make things easier.
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
If anybodys rebuilding one of these please post it up
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
It's been a while since I've looked at mine, but if your shifter has a lot of slop, you'll want to check where the shifter pawl is fitted into the end of the shifter. If you remove the roll pin and pull the pawl out of the end of the shifter, there should be a pair of o-rings. If those are missing (like mine were) you'll have a lot of slop. I replaced mine with the largest diameter o-ring stock I could compress into there. It tightened my shifter up considerably. Of course, shifter slop is all relative. This transmission will never have a tight pattern
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
I got mine out! I pushed down on it with a cresent wrench lying on top of where the lever connects into the trans. By the way I' am new to the forum.
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
welcome,
I need to remove mine because it's stuck in 1st gear
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Re: HELP! SM465 shifter lever removal
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Some of the newer versions also have a rectangular sleeve that fits up in there to provide isolation instead of o rings, but the same concept. If you don't mind a little shifter "buzz" at times, you can weld it up solid. Won't hurt anything and it will be as tight as can be! K
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