The GMC CCKW

Just thought I'd share my experiences of fixing my Gear lever/shifter shaft.
It had worn and had become very sloppy so I under took to repairing it.
It's a ball and socket arrangement that needed a cup shaped washer added to take up the slack. For this you need to remove the top cover from the box,then remove the center selector shaft by tapping out the core plug which seals it in .Then the spring which holds gear shifter/ lever in place needs to be removed,undoing this is not to bad ,but putting it back was aSonofabitchvkusahshvszhfhxzfhdxhfbxdhfkszukfsdhuz to put it mildely.You have to try to coil it up and push it in so it sits below 3 lugs on the casting, 4 hours later and several cut fingers I finally managed to get it back in using every long handled screwdriver I could get hold of.

It has to be the hardest job I've undertaken on a cckw.

Anyone else know of an easy way without a press of installing the spring??

Regards

Steve

Steve,

I was just browsing through the topics and opened up your intriguing 'subject titled' message and am i glad i did! I was just thinking the other day of whipping the gear lever shaft out just to paint it with all the other parts i've got to paint............think i'll leave it where it is and paint it in situ. Thanks for the tip!

Best regards

Jason

PS: my curious nature and need for a challenge may get the better of me and I could find myself stripping it out just to see if there is another way of doing it.

I think there's a special tool for that! It's a special tool by Kent-Moore with the part number of KM-K353. Here is a photo of it being used:



Would one of these helped??

retro-roco wrote:I think there's a special tool for that! It's a special tool by Kent-Moore with the part number of KM-K353. Here is a photo of it being used:



Would one of these helped??

One of those would have saved me a lot of time ,anyone got one???

Thanks for posting

regards

Steve

A large pair of water pump pliers will do the trick. Lay them on their side with the mouth open to the top edge of the cup. Push down hard and twist.
Barry