chevyman1978

i got a 95 chevy recently to fix up i keep breaking the shifter cable i was wondering if i put rig up the old steel fod ones to work maybe 1 of you have done this and can shed some light thank you?

shawnvw

can you maybe clean this up for us?....... hard to understand

chevyman1978

sorry k u know in the 95 chevy truck it has a cable to shift gears and in the older chevs they had steel rods geared up to switch gears cani hook up the steel rods instead of using the cable as they keep breaking hope this is clearer now thank you

lpmZ71

Chevyman,

I think the problem might be identified in the discription of your truck.

The ground wire from the engine to the body at the rear of the engine is most likely disconnected due to the body lift(wire not long enough).

Replace the ground strap with a longer wire and your shift cable problems should be gone.


Mike

shawnvw

I have never done anything like this before and would be interested to know if you can do it......

chevyman1978

to mike ty forreply but a ground cable would not stop my shifter cable from breaking i mean the cable itself breaks not a power or ground prob looked at a 91 chev this aftrnoon only thing guy gotto do it drilll a hole in the fire wall bout 1/2 inch cause the old shift rod goes through there so i gonna do it this week end and let u all knowagain all for reply

EvansBlue

You talking about the linkage? I'm not exactly following with what you are saying...[/align]

chevyman1978

yes from tranny to steering column

lpmZ71

Chevyman,

A bad ground from the body to the engine will cause the shift cable to weld it self together and break.
The reason it does this is the voltage goes thru the shift cable causing it to heat up and strech than break,I has seen this happen lots of times.

Just converting to a solid shift linkage will just hide this probelm as the missing ground will start to show up thru other componets.

Mike

95z71life

I replaced my tranny shift cable 3 time it still keeps breaking it shifts smooth at the Collum when the cable is disconnected and when u hook the cable just to the shifter it shifts somewhat smooth but alil stiff. With the cable unhooked from the tranny the tranny shifts easily but when they are conected it is very stiff and keeps breaking my cables. I ran the cable as it came from factor to. Need some ideas of could be issues thanks