WD45 Shifter Rotates......

Jefferson428 · May 17, 2019

I just bought my Dad a WD45 for his birthday. When I bought it I knew that the shifter rotates. Can anyone tell me if this is an easy fix please. This makes it very hard for him put it in gear. Thanks

Aaron SEIA · May 18, 2019

Pull the shift boot. Under that there should be a snap ring and washer. Take thought out and carefully pull the shift lever. There are supposed to be 2 square headed pins in the shift tower that ride in grooves in the shifter. I bet those are missing. Several aftermarket sources for them.
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Bob Bancroft · May 19, 2019

I bought a WD45 several years ago, only because it was in amazingly good condition. But, the shifter was junk! I ended up buying a shift lever, because the grooves were so shot in the original lever. I was disappointed that they had changed the style of the shift lever so that it no longer was tapered, with the little ball on the top. If I had known that, I might have tried to rebuild the original.

Those pins are available oversized. As I recall, both ends-the round part that goes in the housing, and the square end that goes in the lever, are oversized. If used, some grinding/machining/drilling may be required.

Quite often, there's room for a thin washer between the snap ring and the special cupped washer.

Will Herring · May 20, 2019

(quoted from post at 06:50:48 05/19/19) I was disappointed that they had changed the style of the shift lever so that it no longer was tapered, with the little ball on the top. If I had known that, I might have tried to rebuild the original.

Amen to that. I was surprised how chunky the replacement shifters are all the way up.

WD45 Shifter Rotates......

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