Anyone have a shift finger for Jerico?

[Bobby Fazio]

Originally Posted by BILL TAYLOR

Hey Bobby, When you asked me about the shift finger at Maple Grove on Sunday and I said I never had that happen, I must have jinxed myself. In the semi's I had no 4th gear(went red anyway) but it seemed to stay in 3rd. Is that what happens when that thing fails? It tried it on the return road and it went into 4th. Sound familiar? Thanks, Bill.

Hi Bill, sorry to hear. No that is not what happens with mine, it shears the piece that the shift arm is bolted to so the actual shift rod falls down and drags on the ground, the shifter then just floats back and forth in the 3-4 gate and nothing can happen because the rod is no longer attached to the trans anymore. Your issue sounds like the clutch could be getting hot in the late rounds causing it to be tougher to shift out of third. Or the rod was bound under heavy load, that used to happen with my old trans and on the return road would be fine. It would happen in later rounds when the clutch was gripping hard.