M5od-r1hd Shifter issue

[Teddlet]

Howdy,

I've got an M5od-R1HD on my bench that came to me with the shifter in gear, I've put the stick back on it and it won't come out of whatever gear its in. In most of the walkthroughs/videos about pulling & working on the transmission it says to be sure to stick it in neutral before you pull it (guess the guys at whatever junkyard this came from didn't get the memo) but I'v not had luck finding a source that says what to do if that didn't happen. Before I go all Thor on this with a single jack anyone have any suggestions on how to get it out of gear?

 

[RonD]

Remove shifter again and then use a screw driver to slide each shift rail(3 of them) into their Neutral position, i.e. shifter slot on each rail is centered while looking down in the shifter hole.

Usually only 1 shift rail will be "in gear" so line it up with the other 2 that are in Neutral now.

If trans is installed with drive line connected you may need to relieve any pressure so you can "shift it out of gear", rock the truck back and forth, but make sure it doesn't roll away on you, lol, so block tire in downhill direction.
If out of the truck then turn input shaft a bit while pulling it out of gear.

It is of course better to put any manual trans in Neutral before pulling it out or replacing shifter bushings but it is not required, fairly easy fix to put it in neutral after the fact

 

[Teddlet]

Worked like a charm! Thanks so much!

 

[RonD]

Good work

Thanks for posting back the results