Sloppy shifter, not the bushings.

[135sohc]

Awhile back the shifter started getting sloppy. The fore-aft movement even when in gear theres probably 5/8" of slop which acts like the bushings (568 transmission) are needing replacement but they are already the solid polyurethane replacements and I dont gorilla shift this thing either so nothing internally could have been damaged. Snagged my neighbor to sit in the car and move the shifter while I was watching the selector lever move outside. The selector lever (forward-aft movement) is totally loose on the shaft. The roll pin is a tight fit into the lever and semi tight into the shaft. Not sure if a new roll pin would fix anything, reaming the shaft/lever roll pin hole to the next size would probably temporarily solve the problem but its still a crappy setup using a single rollpin in shearing force like that. I have a spare shifter housing and I am looking into getting a keyway cut into the shaft and lever and fitting a key to take the shearing force without getting sloppy and just using the roll pin to hold it all together.

[shackwrrr]

Awhile back the shifter started getting sloppy. The fore-aft movement even when in gear theres probably 5/8" of slop which acts like the bushings (568 transmission) are needing replacement but they are already the solid polyurethane replacements and I dont gorilla shift this thing either so nothing internally could have been damaged. Snagged my neighbor to sit in the car and move the shifter while I was watching the selector lever move outside. The selector lever (forward-aft movement) is totally loose on the shaft. The roll pin is a tight fit into the lever and semi tight into the shaft. Not sure if a new roll pin would fix anything, reaming the shaft/lever roll pin hole to the next size would probably temporarily solve the problem but its still a crappy setup using a single rollpin in shearing force like that. I have a spare shifter housing and I am looking into getting a keyway cut into the shaft and lever and fitting a key to take the shearing force without getting sloppy and just using the roll pin to hold it all together.

My 568 does this too, just recently started.

[135sohc]

back to the top. cutting a keyway is beyond capabilities that I have here in the garage but I'm thinking a tapered pin would work well for this situation ?

[Force Fed Mopar]

That aluminum lever is a known fail point on the 523/543/568. I think some people have drilled it out and installed a brass bushing to fix it.

Edit: I'm thinking of the one on top, is that the one you are having issues with?

[shackwrrr]

howabout upsized roll pin (or tool steel pin) then a set screw 90* each direction from the pin. If that doesn't seem like enough just slather it in green loctite before assembly.

[135sohc]

That aluminum lever is a known fail point on the 523/543/568. I think some people have drilled it out and installed a brass bushing to fix it.

Edit: I'm thinking of the one on top, is that the one you are having issues with?

The one on the rear.

[Tbird232ci]

Wasn't someone making a nice, billet lever for these at one time?

[GLHNSLHT2]

yeppers stupid 5 character limit

[135sohc]

Wasn't someone making a nice, billet lever for these at one time?

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...READY-TO-ORDER

Never heard from him Not sure whatever happend with them.

[Reaper1]

He's still around on the forums. I don't know that anyone has had a bad experience with him either. That's a really nice piece, especially for the money.