I have a 96 fxdwg with a 95 low rider trans case installed. Search for my other threads and you'll understand why.

Anyway... when I was trying to adjust shifting, I could get it to upshift, but not downshift. I did not replace the shifter pawl from the original low rider case. The gearset is the stocker, as is the inner primary stuff.

My questions are these:
1. Why is it necessary to have the inner primary stuff (clutch, etc) on to make the correct transmission gearshift adjustments?

2. I am attempting to install my 96 shifter pawl in the 95 case, but the collar it rides in is too long. Am I correct in assuming that if I take off a little bit of the collar, that my shifter pawl will fit and it will (hopefully) have no ill effects on the shifting?

Thanks,

prplglide

 

Anyone?

 

If you are shifting the transmission sitting on the bench, you must rotate the shafts back and forth a bit in order for the shifter dogs to engage.

It does not matter if the primary parts are installed when adjusting the shifter pawl centering pin.

You shouldn`t have any problems if you remove a little of the bushing. Both the cases should have the same bushing, but maybe your replacement case had a late model bushing and shifter shaft in it.

 

Thanks for your reply, Dan.

One more Q:

When I downshifted, and held the shifter pawl down against the shifter drum, it would downshift. However, when I didn't hold it down and just let the spring take care of it, it would only upshift and not downshift.

Am I on the right track here with wanting to replace the shifter pawl for the 95 case with the shifter pawl from my 96?

 

The shifter shaft/shifter pawl part numbers are the same for both years.

 

That's weird. Cause they look different.

The 95 is on the bottom and the 96 is on the top.

 

The reason they look different, is because they are different...

Just because the part was in the case does not mean it is the original part.

The one on the bottom is not a shifter shaft/pawl assembly that originally came on the `95. That part in the picture is `00 or later.

Like I said in an earlier post, maybe someone had a late model shifter shaft and bushing in that case.

 

Thanks again for your help, Dan.

It would have been nice to know that someone had installed a different gearset BEFORE I bolted everything back up and tried to adjust it....