Shifter adjustment Help

[jim28607]

Hello,
I need your advice ,
When I got my car a BB 69 RS/SS non numbers
Car, it had a Blatantly wrong shifter ....
So I decided to buy a correct rebuilt
3138 shifter assembly, then I got a
supposedly correct aftermarket BB Linkage with
Mounting plate set up.
Everything installed and shifts great ,
except when I go into reverse , it seems that
The shifter travel is to long , pulling the reverse
Lever to a full 90 degrees from the neutral"down" position
Then that angle is such that I can't shift out of reverse.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Jim

[HawkX66]

Hello,
I need your advice ,
When I got my car a BB 69 RS/SS non numbers
Car, it had a Blatantly wrong shifter ....
So I decided to buy a correct rebuilt
3138 shifter assembly, then I got a
supposedly correct aftermarket BB Linkage with
Mounting plate set up.
Everything installed and shifts great ,
except when I go into reverse , it seems that
The shifter travel is to long , pulling the reverse
Lever to a full 90 degrees from the neutral"down" position
Then that angle is such that I can't shift out of reverse.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Jim

You should be able to screw the rod into the shifter adjustment nub further to shorten the travel. That's part of the basic set up procedure.

[JoeC]

do you have the rod in the correct hole on the trans reverse lever ?
there are two holes and the lower hole is for the trans lockout rod

[jim28607]

do you have the rod in the correct hole on the trans reverse lever ?
there are two holes and the lower hole is for the trans lockout rod

Hello,
I need your advice ,
When I got my car a BB 69 RS/SS non numbers
Car, it had a Blatantly wrong shifter ....
So I decided to buy a correct rebuilt
3138 shifter assembly, then I got a
supposedly correct aftermarket BB Linkage with
Mounting plate set up.
Everything installed and shifts great ,
except when I go into reverse , it seems that
The shifter travel is to long , pulling the reverse
Lever to a full 90 degrees from the neutral"down" position
Then that angle is such that I can't shift out of reverse.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Jim

You should be able to screw the rod into the shifter adjustment nub further to shorten the travel. That's part of the basic set up procedure.

Thanks , I am certainly no expert on this ,
but with the shifter in the neutral position,
And all three transmission shift levers in the down,
Neutral position , there is no guess work as
To rod adjustment length?

[jdv69z]

This is a Hurst, correct? When making adjustments, do you have the neutral alignment rod installed? I think it's just a 1/4" rod that lines up the shifter levers to neutral with the trans. Is it possible you have one of the arms upside down? I just went through this with a competition plus. I was able to install the rods upside down and get to work.......sort of. It obviously wasn't right, but I was able to actually drive it that way. 1st was where 2nd should be and vice versa. I finally got it worked out. Do have the Hurst assembly diagram? You can get it online if you need it.

[JoeC]

rod length  will not change the travel length

the length of the trans lever will

could be something wrong inside your shifter

hard to say but I have seen broken levers inside the shifter

can you post pics showing the problem ?

[jim28607]

At last I figured it out !!!!
The AIM shows the reverse lever at the
6 o'clock  position, but it should actually
be at the 7 o'clock , I had the lever on backwards
Flipped it over and all works like a charm!!!
Thanks for all your replies.
Jim