Anybody else experience this?

[mr_dakota]

Anyone have any experience with this? 96 coupe. Automatic trans. Transmission shifts flawlessly. Shifter moves from park thru reverse neutral to (O)drive no problems. However, if I want to pull the shifter back further, there is a lot of binding to do this. It will go there, and it acts correct, but I shouldn't have to pull it back this hard to move the shifter. Also, in drive, the shifter seems to have a bit more "slop" than I would expect. I can move it for and aft maybe a half an inch. I have some thoughts on this, but I don't want to mention them here and bias the comments. Again, the tranny itself seems to have no problems, but the shifter seems like it is binding.

 

[C4Tom]

Perhaps you are in need of a replacement or repair of the shifter. My other thought is that the shift cable is failing.

 

[Vettefan87]

Are you depressing the button down on the shifter all the way? If I have my shifter in OD, I can not move it into D, 2, or 1 without depressing the button on the shifter first. Then I can go through D, 2, and 1 without depressing it. That goes the same for Neutral into Reverse. I can go from Neutral to OD with no problems.

 

[Hrtbeat1]

Mine did the same thing. It would not stay in first gear without holding it. It was almost like the boot was causing it to slip out. I didn't have the "slop" in drive though. Initially I took the center console apart and got down to where the shifter was mounted and moved it forward just a bit (maybe a 1/16") this helped. Pulling the boot up some helped also. The shifter mechanism is not really that sturdy of a piece. Once you look at it you will see what I mean. I was having some intermittent problems with the neutral saftey switch and tried adjusting the cable but I couldn't seem to get it exact. I ended up replacing the whole shifter with a Hurst pistol grip Quater stick. This came with a new cable. The pass through where the cable penetrates has a cover with three screws (6mm?) that is a real PITA to get to, it sits way up under the center part of the dash (almost under the radio.) Once I complete the install I have yet to have a problem.

 

[ZumZum]

Mine did the same thing. It would not stay in first gear without holding it. It was almost like the boot was causing it to slip out. I didn't have the "slop" in drive though. Initially I took the center console apart and got down to where the shifter was mounted and moved it forward just a bit (maybe a 1/16") this helped. Pulling the boot up some helped also. The shifter mechanism is not really that sturdy of a piece. Once you look at it you will see what I mean. I was having some intermittent problems with the neutral saftey switch and tried adjusting the cable but I couldn't seem to get it exact. I ended up replacing the whole shifter with a Hurst pistol grip Quater stick. This came with a new cable. The pass through where the cable penetrates has a cover with three screws (6mm?) that is a real PITA to get to, it sits way up under the center part of the dash (almost under the radio.) Once I complete the install I have yet to have a problem.

Do you have a pic of the hurst install? Sounds interesting.

 

[Hrtbeat1]

Do you have a pic of the hurst install? Sounds interesting.

Check this thread.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67431&highlight=Headlights+mods