Lokar Automatic Transmission Shifter GM Floor Mount User Manual

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Step 8: Make sure the transmission is in Park by rotating the

original trans gear lever clockwise as far as it will go.

Remove the original nut and trans gear lever from the

transmission selector shaft. Remove the rod end from

the new trans gear lever. Install the new trans gear lever

onto the selector shaft, pointed up and slightly towards

the rear, at approximately the 1:00 position.

Secure the new trans gear lever with your original nut.

Fig. 5

Step 9: The threaded rod will connect the quad arm to the

trans gear lever. Check to make sure that nothing will

interfere with the travel of the threaded rod. If there is

any interference, the threaded rod can be bent slightly

as needed.

Verify that both the shifter and the transmission are in

the Park position. Measure center-to-center between the

1/4" holes in the trans gear lever on the transmission

and the quad arm on the shifter. Subtract 1-3/4".

Fig. 6 This is the length you will cut the threaded rod to.

Use a hacksaw or other metal-cutting saw to shorten the

threaded rod.

Step 10: Make sure that two 1/4"-28 jam nuts are installed on

the threaded rod, one at each end. Install a rod end

onto each end of the threaded rod. Position the rod

ends on the inside or outside of the quad arm and

trans gear lever so that the threaded rod is as straight

as possible. Attach the threaded rod assembly to the

quad arm and trans gear lever using the 1/4"-28 x 1"

button head bolts, flat washers, and nylock nuts as

shown in

Fig. 7. The button head bolts can be installed

from either direction, but make sure the rod ends are

sandwiched between the flat washers and the quad

arm or trans gear lever.

Fig. 8

Step 11: Check the adjustment of the shifter by placing the

shifter all the way forward into the Park position. Make

sure that the release button still moves up and down

freely. The release button should be flush with the knob

in Park and Neutral. In the Reverse position, you cannot

pull the lever back into Neutral without depressing the

release button.

While the shifter is in the Park position, make sure the

transmission is firmly in the "Park" detent, with no

tension on the threaded rod. You can verify this by

removing the 1/4"-28 x 1" button head bolt with nylock

nut that attaches the rod end to the quad arm or trans

gear lever at either end of the threaded rod. Make sure

the hole in the rod end exactly aligns with the hole in

the quad arm or trans gear lever. The bolt should pass

freely through both holes at the same time without

binding. Do not force the holes to line up.

If the holes are not aligned, screw the rod end in or out

just enough to be able to slide the bolt in and out without

putting tension on the threaded rod. Make sure that

the quad arm and trans gear lever do not move during

the adjustment procedure. Use this adjustment routine

until the bolt will pass freely in and out of both the rod

end and the quad arm or trans gear lever. Reinstall the

1/4"-28 nylock nut and the flat washer in its proper

position onto the bolt, and tighten.

Once you have the shifter adjusted correctly, tighten the

jam nuts on the threaded rod.

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Fig. 3

Fig. 4

5/16"-24 x 3/8" Button Head Bolts and

Lock Washers In Curved, Slotted Holes

Quad Lever

Set

Screw

Quad

Arm

1/4"-28 x 5/8" Button Head
Bolts and Nylock Jam Nuts