ockgator

cmp: look just above front driveshaft where it come out of T case edit: it's tight

For my fix I removed lever from case(10mm wrench), ground off back side of tit, used a punch to pop it out of lever, the resulting hole is roughly 1/4" so I drilled it out to 5/16

It helps to have a lift and $30K of snap on tools to play with

ockgator

Goody ... I can attest to how tight it is up there... I had to hold the rivnut with small vise grips while I tightened bolt.... holy crap

cmpmacchia

Thanks I'll check it out in the morning.....

opdsgt

I jumped on my creeper and spied it tonight. Man, I'm not looking forward to this, it's tight and you can barely see...

Hellbound13

Someone on the other forum posted that you can just crimp down a clevis pin on the other side of it. No need for drilling or removal. Would that work?

mdantonio

Hi Folks,
I think I see a groove in the shaft? Why wouldn't a stainless steel "C-clip" work in place of the plastic? I haven't gotten under SARA (my JK) yet but C-clips are frequently used in industrial machine applications and it appears that it would work here. They are cheap, easy to install, and require no shaft modifications if I'm reading the picture correctly. Let me know if this is a viable fix...Thanks... Mike

ockgator

I think any type of cotter pin,clip or whatever you use to hold cable on will work fine IF factory clip is still intact, the factory clip fills the gap between lever and cable end, w/o clip there's a lot of play in cable, feels like mushy shifter... my particular fix used something I had in my junk drawer to fix a sorry factory design... AND if it fails on the trail all I need is a nut and bolt to secure


I'd love to ask a Jeep engineer who came up with this

ockgator

This is the essence of DIY'ers... use what ya got to fix the problem