amsuco Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 This is the part that the ball on the lower end of the shifter sits down into. I can't find a part number or a seller for a new part. Apparently, these aren't supposed to go bad. But I'm rebuilding a tranny and the one that came out just doesn't look like something I want to put back in there. Thanks! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 that could be how it looked when new. I don't have one to compare. but I'm curious so I'm going to move this over to Tech and see what the others think. I'd hate to see you spend money when it was just a weird casting from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsuco Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Thanks Pete. You may be right about it just being a bad casting. But I figured even if it was, the machined "cup" at the bottom should be complete. I've never been inside a tranny before though, so what do I know? Maybe somebody with more experience will have some input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Driver Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Driver Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 OK, looks like I took a pic of the wrong part of it. Was here a nylon cover over the ball at the end of the shifter? If not, the ball will wear out the cup which is what it looks like has happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsuco Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Jeep Driver, there was a nylon cover in place when I bought the tranny. But I can't vouch for what has happened over it's lifetime. FWIW, the hole doesn't look to be elongated though. It just looks like they ran out of metal when they were doing the machining of the part and nobody caught it. Being run without the nylon cover is still a possibility. But I can't rule out either a bad casting or that it was machined a little too deep. It might not hurt anything. But the lack of an intact "cup" concerned me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsuco Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 This wasn't an easy part to find. But I finally came up with one at https://www.storksplows.com/ They rebuild Jeep transmissions and transfer cases, so consider them as another resource. My shift arm arrived today and it looks almost EXACTLY like the one I already have! So I'm going to assume that as nasty as this looks, it's not a problem. Now I know. If it's common for the machining to run out of material at the edge of this particular casting though, I'm a bit surprised that nobody else on here has run across it yet. Back to rebuilding my tranny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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