Floppy gear selector

[Doubeleive]

this happened to my friends sierra there is a small spring inside where the pin goes thru the shifter arm on the shaft, you should be able to get the broken one out and replace it, if you pull the rubber boot off you should be able to see it in there down in the crevice just takes the right tool to reach in there.

 

[Doubeleive]

Makes me wonder if the indent wheel ****** up.

floppy shifter, likely broken return spring on the shaft even if the cable was completely snapped off the shifter wouldn't be floppy

 

[07Burb]

this happened to my friends sierra there is a small spring inside where the pin goes thru the shifter arm on the shaft, you should be able to get the broken one out and replace it, if you pull the rubber boot off you should be able to see it in there down in the crevice just takes the right tool to reach in there.

do you happen to know what the part number would be for that? Where did your friend find a replacement?

 

[Doubeleive]

do you happen to know what the part number would be for that? Where did your friend find a replacement?

nope, dealer parts department can probably tell you, just tell them it is the return spring for the shifter arm on the column, it may be called something else but that's what I would call it.

 

[Doubeleive]

looking on ebay real quick on the manual shifters they can call it a detent spring, but it's probably different on the automatics

 

[Doubeleive]

this guy has a assortment to choose from $18
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Shifter-Sp...=item21548f39a5:g:izsAAOSwUoNaStKp:rk:41:pf:0

edit I didn't look close enough, the ones he has are for 60's-70's shifters, but at any rate that's what your probably looking for, but I would get a flashlight and pull that rubber boot back and look down in there, you can see if it is broken or not.

 

[89Suburban]

this happened to my friends sierra there is a small spring inside where the pin goes thru the shifter arm on the shaft, you should be able to get the broken one out and replace it, if you pull the rubber boot off you should be able to see it in there down in the crevice just takes the right tool to reach in there.

Yes I believe this is what is going on. I will open it up over the weekend and investigate. Maybe do a write up so we can sticky it, not much info out there for this era of truck on this issue. Thanks all for the replies. Much appreciated.

 

[Chrismnj]

I think it might be this one

General Motors, Spring, 7812853

 

[Chrismnj]

 

[SnowDrifter]

floppy shifter, likely broken return spring on the shaft even if the cable was completely snapped off the shifter wouldn't be floppy

I had it in my head it was sloppy between gears. Carry on