jerico 3-4 shift arm lever issue

[Dinsdale]

I think the way a Long shifter works means no stops are required. If you look at the mechanism the pin rolls through the gates and can only go so far until it hits the end. That is your stop. As long as the shift rods are adjusted correctly it shouldn't over stress the trans.

I bought my trans and shifter together and it was already setup and I haven't touched it in 8 years. I leave the rods on the shifter and unbolt the arms from the trans when it comes out so the rod adjustment never changes. The lever breakage sounds like a shift rod is out of adjustment to me.

[JHeath]

Brad Zaskowski has broken 3rd in his Jerico 5 times, he reported on his Facebook page, after he lost in the 5th round at Joliet, due to a broken third gear ( he has an in-car video of it breaking) Charlie Westcott told him not to burnout in 3rd, it is the least supported area of a Jerico 4-speed. Oh, and Charlie said to do burnouts in 4th gear.

[Jeff Lee]

I suspect those that have excessive base and / or counterweight are prone to breakage at any point on the track, even on the burnout. Of corse "excessive" is a matter of opinion, but the more pressures that are applied, the harder it is on everything.

[TOSTO RACING]

The only thing I've ever broke in a jerico is 3rd gear also. Must be the weak link on them. I also do a 3rd gear burnout. Its one hell of trans though, the torture we put them through lol.

[acme383]

Originally Posted by JHeath

Brad Zaskowski has broken 3rd in his Jerico 5 times, he reported on his Facebook page, after he lost in the 5th round at Joliet, due to a broken third gear ( he has an in-car video of it breaking) Charlie Westcott told him not to burnout in 3rd, it is the least supported area of a Jerico 4-speed. Oh, and Charlie said to do burnouts in 4th gear.

If anyone has ever seen Charlie do his burnout, he shifts 1-4 in the box. check out any of his in car vids.

[69Cobra]

Originally Posted by acme383

If anyone has ever seen Charlie do his burnout, he shifts 1-4 in the box. check out any of his in car vids.

You can do that with a clutchless.

[jeff g]

He's also using the Jerico Hybrid 4 Speed... not the standard DR4/CL4 trans

[gmonde]

just an update on the ecentric breakage:: we had the trans apart to the point to change out the broken ecentric ,,after the second breakage total tear down was induced and the third gear bushing was destroyed dean cook found ,replaced third gear and three four shift syncros,,going down the track at this point gmonde

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by JHeath

Brad Zaskowski has broken 3rd in his Jerico 5 times, he reported on his Facebook page, after he lost in the 5th round at Joliet, due to a broken third gear ( he has an in-car video of it breaking) Charlie Westcott told him not to burnout in 3rd, it is the least supported area of a Jerico 4-speed. Oh, and Charlie said to do burnouts in 4th gear.

3 years ago I started doing burnouts in 4th gear. Its not a problem. Just make sure the rpms are up when you dump the clutch. I broke 3rd gear twice and Scott at Jerico told me to quit doing 3rd gear burnouts.

[Bobby Fazio]

Thanks for the info. I did 3rd gear burnouts with the nash for 3 years and now with the jerico for the last few months. I felt 2nd didn't get tires hot enough and figured 4th would be impossible with my low torque motor and without a clutchless I can't shift during burnouts. My problem was during a run it snapped that shift finger that the lever attaches to. It broke on the outer side of case on the 4th gear shift and then the rod was dragging on the ground til I got the car stopped and pulled over. We pulled tranny apart at the track but unfortunately we could not find that spare part. Thought about using the one for reverse but was told they aren't the same and could not verify that without taking more apart.

James I will definitely make sure everything you mentioned is ok, thanks for your help.