NP435 broken shift finger

[C Saporito]

Wondering if this stress break is related to extra leverage of a Gear Banger plus cold weather.

 

[langester]

I can't imagine that the shifter would make that much difference on the leverage on that area, but I could be wrong. The only shifter I saw that broke like that was caused from a bad 3rd gear synchronizer , indirectly. The synchro going out caused the shifter to want to kick out of gear. This and me being to poor to get the tranny fixed. I tried to hold it into gear, which worked for a little while until it was kicking out so hard I thought I was going to break my arm. My tranny was a t-18 but had the same result.
Let us know what you find out and Good Luck!

 

[C Saporito]

Nothing wrong with the trans itself, there were no problems, I rebuilt it before assembling the truck. Usually first few minutes shifting is slow in freezing temps. I shifted into reverse then first (it felt a little funky) then second, on the way to third it fell into neutral and the shifter just flopped around. Who knows, might have been cracked in it's previous life.
What a pain reaching and trying to compress the spring for the retainer, wound up making rube tool.

 

[jim3326]

Stress fracture from the 3' long lever it had in its previous life. Teenager trying to speed shift his dads truck while not impressing his girlfriend?;D

 

[AZ73]

Saw something similar to a pin on my awning arm. It was under warranty. The company said there was a flaw in the casting, similar to what you have at 10 o'clock, which just weakened over continuous movement.

 

[Pa PITT]

... I'd say no to the gear banger adding more stress. There are so many of those trans out there & I've never heard of one breaking before.
I think you just got the cherry.
... I have a saying... You should WIN the LOTTERY IF...IF.

 

[JB Fab]

What Pa PITT said......