Shift trunion

Doug,

Yes it is supposed to be upright. Mine was very finickety (I actually had to go and make sure that was a real word and not just one of my mind spasm's ) and I had to adjust it up and down with the shift linkages to get the shifting correct.

Qustion is do you have any shifting problems? If not I guess it's okay, I bet if you straighten it you'll be adjusting the shift linkages next.

1-2 is finicky. I have to over exaggerate the gate to avoid grinding.
The car is laid up pending an investigation as to why it won't go into reverse.

I never had problems with reverse before and taking out the long clutch and putting in the centerforce had eliminated the grinding but it;s back.

I know I need to readust everything but my latest analysis convinced me that the centerline of the trunion at neutral needs to be right on.

I need some of the hardcores to throw in a couple of cents on this one.

Owing a Pantera is a lifestyle. I wonder if I can convince any of the swinger chicks that is cool?

1/16 " movement at the trunion translates to 1/4 " movement at the transmission input shaft.

After getting my ZF rebuilt, the shifting was still poor. I ended up replacing my long shift rod (surprisingly crooked) and my triunion bearing (bent like yours). I got a thicker shift rod and larger ID triunion from Pantera Performance. The larger triunion had a thicker mounting stud which should not bend easily. There was no way to drill out the mounting hole without removing the header, so I had to use a die grinder to enlarge the hole in the frame. The new larger nut barely fit into the space below this tab. I ground the hole a bit off center to accomodate the nut.
While you're checking things out, check out your shift shaft as well. If it is bent too, I recommend the thicker shaft and triunion...my car shifts correctly now...but be aware that if you go this route, the new triunion nut is a tight fit. Set the nut below the hole and eyeball the centering. You may have to offset grind the hole as I had to.

It is the seat perch which is bent. I think it should be square to the chassis?
There were some gorillas that did exhaust work on the car and they are the obvious culprets to me. I hate gorillas.

The trunion was replaced by me with a billet aluminum piece from Hall and the shaft rods are strait. No one touches my cars. I don't even like letting the safety inspector drive the car into the shop.

The last time he tore the Borla exhaust off of the SHO on his cast iron gas tak filler cap. "oops sorry", was the comment and I had to fix it.
Screw the entire bunch of them. And they better keep their sweaty hands off of my Playboys too!

When I did the installation I presumed that the perch was correct. How would I know? It's the only Pantera I've ever owned or worked on.

I suspect that it is complicit in my shifting issues.

I'll see if I can post a picture later today. A picture is worth a 1000 words you know?

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I suspect that it is complicit in my shifting issues.

I agree. I wish you lived closer Doug. I have had a lot of experiance making shifting smooth as silk on Panteras. I would adjust it for ya free of charge.

DT, you're ok in my book. You can work on any of my cars whenever you want to.

The little woman just suggested a SVT Focus for my little guy. How do like yours?

I hope my wife doen't find out about the little woman!

I changed mine this week and there is a huge difference. It felt like a broomstick in a bucket of peanut butter compared to what it feels like now. We also found that one of the rods in the linkage was slightly bent. For less than $100 dollars, it was the best bang for the buck change I've made on the car. I bought the fancy engraved trunion from PI. It took a little finagling to install but I had help from a friend with a lift. It looks like it would be a lot harder if you tried to do it with the car on the ground.

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It looks like it would be a lot harder if you tried to do it with the car on the ground.

I find I can do a lot of under chassis work without resorting to jacks and jack stands by using my set of Rhino Ramps. Plastic but sturdy as heck, and the hole in the end is great for hanging them up out of the way off a garage rafter.

Larry

Alright. I'll admit it. I'm getting old and lazy. I am getting afraid of having the car fall on me too. It's happened to a couple of guys around here in the last few years.

Here's the picture. See how the trunion is tilted towards the left because of the bracket it sits on?

I presume that this is bent and that it is supposed to be plumb?

Like I said, this is the only one I have ever seen . I don't know what they should look like for sure.

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Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
DT, you're ok in my book. You can work on any of my cars whenever you want to.

The little woman just suggested a SVT Focus for my little guy. How do like yours?

I hope my wife doen't find out about the little woman!

Doug, I love my SVT Focus for an everyday driver. It is comfortable, has all the bells and whistles standard, handles well for a front wheel driver, gets great milage, yet has adequate power when you rev the piss out of it, which also sounds great cause of the 7250 redline. It is reliable, and I just can't say enough good shit about it except for one thing. They haven't made it since 2003.
It would be a pretty good first car for a kid cause it has such good handling charecterstics, stops on a dime, anit-lock brakes, and has front and side curtain air bags and a good crash rateing.
Around town I get mid twenty gas milage and on highway trips I get low thirties even with the air conditioner and sound system cranked up.
Only thing is, sometimes I get the urge to hop it up. Jackson racing made a supercharger kit that fit the personality of the car really well. It still ran real smooth and all but it imporved the bottom end and developed 200 ponies. As long as one can resist the temptation to drop coinage on the car, you can drive around in comfort and safety and sportiness, for very little green backs.