A833 Shifter lever help

andy007..

this may be a dumb response on my part .... but you can determine the "length" of all three shift rods very easily.

the way ALL stock manual trans shift levers are adjusted is to install the flat plates on the 1/2 and 3/4 trans "shift bolts" and place each in "neutral." do the same with the reverse trans bolt. then line up all three shift forks on your shifter so they are exactly inline with each other. if you have a Hurst shifter, there should be an allignment hold drilled in each shifting fork. line up the forks and put a small bolt or large diameter wire through all three forks. then measure the distance from the trans bolts flat plates to the shifter forks.

on a 833 trans in an A body, the reverse shift lever has to have a bend in it due to the trans cross-member. to get the correct "bend" in this rod you will need to put the shifter in reverse and the trans in reverse. then attach the rod to the to either the trans bolt or the shifter reverse fork and move both back and forth so you can determine how much of a bend you need to clear the trans cross-member.

when you get some rods made up and attached to the trans and the shifter, the final adjustment is made by shifting the shifter through all the gears and adjusting the rods so the trans is firmly in each gear while the shifter is in the right location for that gear.

i hope this helps...