WD-45 Shifter

You didn't need to pulll the cover off . Just remove the rubber seal and take out the big snap ring underneath. then the shifter lever will just pull out don't drop the little locating pins down the hole. Take a Big screwdriver and realing the luggs in a strait line. the shifter is not attached to them. It slides between the notches. If the end if the shifter dosn't look like a 1/2" round 3/8" wide nub on the end it needs to be built back up. When you push the lever back down in the hole the slots line up with the pins and push it down till the ball part seats in the cup. The special washer and snapring go in and hold the shifter down so it can't come out of the shifting lugs put the rubber back on and your done.

Thanks alot Dave, does the above pic of the shifter lever look about like it should? 

Matt, Your gear shifter needs to be build up on the end like Dave was talking about.

If you can't get the rail to move try pushing in the clutch to relieve the pressure on the gears. Don

Matt, put up a pic looking down in gear shifter hole from the top looking down.

The rail on the left needs to move back to line up with the two on the right of it.

Matt, I sent you a PM about this.

Have you tried rocking the tractor back and forth? That doesn't do any good with the whole shift tower off though! LOL!!!!! I have put my hands on the rear tire and wiggled it just a little. That has helped me in the past. I have been able to use the shifter to move the rails back in place if i didn't have a long screwdriver or bar nearby. I have never had to force anything. It was just a matter of catching the rail just right and it will eventually go back into place. Like was said earlier the rail on the left needs to slide back. You should be able to set the shifter back in it an move the shifter all the way to the opposite side  and down. The shifter ball should then be close to the out of position rail. Wiggle the shifter easy back and forth and a little side to side. You will be able to feel when you catch the rail and it goes back in place. Once this is done all that would be left would be to place the shifter back onto the key and into the middle of the rails. Sometimes you get lucky on the 1st try sometimes it don't go that well. Hang in there and keep trying. I have had to stop and do something else for a little bit then come back and like magic things work out. :-)  Hope this helps. 

Edited by irlbeck A-C'S - 06 Sep 2010 at 11:38am

Thanks alot everyone, I was finally able to get the rail moved into line with the others.  But I think there is supposed to be a spring up on one of the lugs inside the tower.  Im not seeing it up there and there is no pressure at all when I put the shift lever back down in the tower, it goes into the lugs and then slips out quickly like there is nothing holding it in place.  I hate to take those rails out as I have never put them back in before.  When I do have the shifter where it belongs it still will not shift the rods up or down, just side to side.  Maybe I better check the tranny for that spring?  Any ideas....Thanks again everyone for all of the help!  Matt

Maybe the shifter is not going to work properly until I get it back on the tranny?  Could one of the lugs be bent out of shape?  Or the spring broken because there  is just too much space between the lugs and the shifter just slips right out.  Sure am having a tough time with it, but hopefully if I can get it going i'll know how to fix it when it happens again.  Thanks again for any and all help on this!  Matt

That spring fits on the reverse lever, that shouldn't keep you from shifting though,  When you took the tower off did you have to remove a snap ring and wash and was there a pivot pin inside the tower?

Matt, I've found out if you are real carefull and when shifting move the lever straight left and right and straight forward and back you can avoid having it get into two gears. Been running my gas 45 that way for 12 years, I do tractor pulls and plow with it and since I learned this tecknic I have only had problems when I get in a hurry, and shift at an angle.