HURST FACTORY 4 SPEED SHIFTER

[plymouthbelvy]

Hello.I am installing a factory hurst comp plus shifter and I am not sure how to adjust shift rods. I went to align shifter with hurst tool and it only goes into the 1 and 2 and not reverse hole to line it up to adjust the rods.There is a smaller hole but tool wont go through it. Where do I line the reverse arm up if tool wont go through it? Might seem like a dumb question but just wanted any imput.Thanks.

 

[steve340]

Not sure what is going on with yours but the rod/tool should go through all three levers and in to a hole in the back plate. There is a 'notch in the front plate.
Essentially you are locking the shifter in neutral.

 

[Paul_G]

Do you have the rods removed from the shifter while inserting the tool?

 

[plymouthbelvy]

I have a factory hurts shifter and it does not have a third hole to put tool through or its not the same size as the first two so tool cant go through all three. Yes all rods are off now.

 

[plymouthbelvy]

I have seen that aftermarket Hurst shifters have all three holes for rod to go through.FYI

 

[plymouthbelvy]

 

[plymouthbelvy]

Third hole or reverse is smaller than first two holes and tool wont go through.I read this elsewhere that this how factory shifters came.

 

[dadsbee]

I've never seen it and have always just used a robertson screw driver the correct diameter or an ejector pin through all the plates. You sure there's not just a burr on the hole from stamping?

 

[440+6]

A small straight edge on the notches of The shifter body works fine.
The original alignment tool just clamped on both sides of those noches, and held the arms in neutral.
Heres a pic of the tool in the manual.

 

[plymouthbelvy]

Thanks for the info and pics. Going to try and install by putting a pin in that goes all the way through but loose on first two holes? See how it goes. Again thanks to all.

 

[BLK 68 R/T]

You have to put all the shifter arms on the transmission in neutral position, reverse disengaged as well. Then put the alignment pin through the shifter arms. Adjust swivel ends to fit perfectly in the holes.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Third hole or reverse is smaller than first two holes and tool wont go through.I read this elsewhere that this how factory shifters came.

Nope

 

[Paul_G]

OK, this is what must happen, all shifter arms on the transmission must be in neutral, rods connected to shifter arms on trans, but not on the shifter. Shifter plates must all be in the neutral position, the holes will line up. There will be a hole or slot, on each side of the shifter body, and and a slot in each of the shifter plates. They all must line up to get the tool through. If you can not get the alignment tool to go through all 5 holes, something is put together wrong. Remove shifter and sort it out.

Then with the tool through all the holes in the shifter, and it is locked in neutral, you can put the rods on the shifter one at a time and adjust till they slide on to the plate easily.

 

[Paul_G]

This will help you. At 32:52 he shows the assembled shifter with the alignment pin in place, all the way through the shifter.

 

[plymouthbelvy]

I see how tool goes all the way through and understand the principal.My tool will not go through the reverse u shaped hole. It seems to small for the tool to go through.

 

[steve340]

Check the little tool does not have a little burr on it.
You may have to take the shift mechanism off and find out what is the cause of your problem.
Measure twice cut once!!!!!!

 

[440+6]

I'm telling yo not all have tbe hole to put a pin through.
There are other ways to allign the arms

 

[dadsbee]

I'll add to Paul's post that it is a lot easier to install the rod ends to the shifter arms firsts, make sure the trans is in neutral, and with shifter arms pegged through the holes with pin (or clamped outboard) then adjust each rod length (by letting them swing down and turn the rod in or out of the threaded shifter end) until the linkage tab will cleanly slip over the trans mounting shaft and install nut.

 

[Dipstick]

I'm telling yo not all have tbe hole to put a pin through.
There are other ways to allign the arms

A pic of the correct linkage adjuster in place. For shifters with no hole in the reverse lever.

 

[plymouthbelvy]

OK, this is what must happen, all shifter arms on the transmission must be in neutral, rods connected to shifter arms on trans, but not on the shifter. Shifter plates must all be in the neutral position, the holes will line up. There will be a hole or slot, on each side of the shifter body, and and a slot in each of the shifter plates. They all must line up to get the tool through. If you can not get the alignment tool to go through all 5 holes, something is put together wrong. Remove shifter and sort it out.

Then with the tool through all the holes in the shifter, and it is locked in neutral, you can put the rods on the shifter one at a time and adjust till they slide on to the plate easily.

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Hello.When I look at your picture it looks just like my shifter.I did put an allen wrench through all the holes but it puts the reverse rod way further forward and and all three levers are in line with each other when I go to install rods. In your pic the reverse hole is off to the right side and not centered like the first two. the other hurst shifter I took out has no hole at all on the reverse rod to even put a pin through.This is whats confusing me. What if reverse has no hole to put tool through do you just even all three levers together?I can put tool in first two holes but the just even up reverse lever to first two levers? At top is a pic of mine showing tool wont go through hole and if it did reverse arm would be way forward.This is driving me nuts.