Hudson 1948 - 1952, Service Manual

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TRANSMISSION 8 - 29
REMOVAL AND Installation
OF HANDY-SHIFT CONTROL
TUBE AND FULCRUM BRACKET
ASSEMBLY
1. Remove control lever fulcrum screw, lock washer and anti-
rattle washer from fulcrum bracket (5) Figure 44, and take
out control lever (3).
2. Remove dowel screw and loosen clamp screw at control
tube upper lever bracket and take off bracket (1) and thrust
washer (2).
3. Remove screws holding steering column bracket cap to
bracket and take off cap.
4. Remove cotter pins and trunnions (26) from low and reverse
and second and high levers.
5. Remove bolt (23), spring retainer (22) lower compression
spring (21), fibre washer (20) and upper compression spring
(19).
6. Slide low and reverse lever (17) off lower end of control tube.
7. Pull control tube (7) out of lower bracket (18) and push out
control tube operating lever pin (15). Do Not loosen clamp
bolt or alter position of bracket. Remove second and high
lever (16) from tube.
8. Take out control tube assembly and place on bench for
disassembly of remaining internal parts and reassembly into
new tube.
9. Push upward on lower end of lower push rod end (14)
exposing upper end of push rod (10) and push rod end (4).
10. Remove upper push rod end key (6); take off end.
11. Remove push rod and lower end assembly from bottom of
control tube, take out lower rod end key (12) and remove
end (14) from rod.
12. Remove seat (9), push rod upper compression spring (8)
and silencer (11) from inside of tube.
13. Remove second and high lever retaining ring (13) from
tube.
14. Reassemble parts in new control tube and fulcrum
bracket assembly, reversing procedures covered in the
foregoing operations. When Installing spring retainer
(2 2) , adjust retainer bolt (23) so there will be a space
of 27/64" (B) between the bottom of the fibre washer
(20) and the top of the retainer. Also be sure lower
tube bracket (18) is centrally located between second
and high and low and reverse levers.
ADJUSTMENTS
1. Before making any adjustments, be sure Handy-Shift
control tube is parallel with steering column jacket
tube. If not parallel, loosen clamp screw in the control
tube lower bracket, move bracket until alignment is
obtained, then tighten clamp screw. When doing this
be sure the bracket is centrally located between the
second an d high and low and reverse levers as shown
at "A".
2. Check adjustment of spring retainer (22). With the
springs properly compressed, the distance "B" between
the retainer and the bottom of the fibre washer (20)
should be 27/64".
3. With control lever in neutral position, loosen the low
and reverse and second and high shift rod nuts (27) at
trunnions on levers. Back off nuts approximately 1/4"
on each side of trunnions.
4. Insert a 1/4" diameter rod about 4" long through the
holes in the low and reverse and second and high shift
levers, engaging slot in control tube lower bracket (28).
This locks the levers in neutral position.
5. Move the two outer shift levers on the transmission by
hand to make sure the lock balls are fully seated in the
neutral detents of the transmission shift shafts.
6. Turn nuts (27) on shift rods until they contact each side
of the trunnions. Tighten nuts, using care not to dis-
turb the position of the rods or the transmission shift
levers.