My buddy was having trouble shifting into neutral, 1st to 2nd and 3rd. Naturally the first thing was a loose heel shifter lever but the lever that attaches to the trans shaft was really loose and couldn't tighten with the allen head. Also had another friend have his fall off on an 08 w 12K on it. Talked to Indy and he said to get it out and replaced it with a hex bolt 5/16 -24 1" fr. Home Depot and was able to tighten it and problem solved, he said it works most of the time. I remember reading about this somewhere but when I did a search most answers said we would have to pull the inner primary so I hope this saves someone time.

 

thanks for the post - i was looking for that bolt size for a temp fix for mine before I pull the primary to install a chrome inner and weld a new rod on the the gear set

 

Normally, those will tighten right up if you take the stock bolt out, lube the threads and retighten it. FYI,might save you a trip to the Depot.

 

Yeah that will work also especially for the shift levers but not too much trouble for me to get a good bolt that I can tighten. The key is to remove and put lock tight on the bolts. I've tried to tightened them with a T handle and they seem tight and then when put a ratchet and allen socket on them was able to get another half turn or more. Interestingly there are two more thread on the shifter levers here today. I encourage everyone to take these bolts out every spring, locktite and retighten w a ratchet allen socket vs. T-handle or alen wrench.

 

Can also try the infamous beer can fix.

 

what - wedge a beer can between the shift rod and the inner primary ? that would def work till it vibrated out of there

 

It acts as a bushing to go in the hole. Click HERE and scroll halfway down to "loose shifter fix"