Turbo Action Shifter Issue

NHRA1926 · 02-13-2022, 05:30 PM

Hoping someone can help me with this. I removed my Turbo Action Cheetah shifter for some roll cage updates, now the shifter will not move down into 3rd gear. It's a reverse pattern shifter. It is not hooked up to the transmission, as I am waiting for the engine rebuild to be finished, and the transmission is also out of the car. It moves freely from park all the way through 2nd gear. If I remove the hold down bracket holding the cable to the mounting plate on the shifter inside the car, it will go into 3rd gear, but it moves the whole shifter cable, case and all. It's almost like the cable it binding, but the end of the cable where it attaches to the transmission still has room to move. I did adjust the neutral safety switch thinking it was stopping the shifter from going all the way to the rear, but that did not solve the issue. Any ideas? Thanks.

BillK · 02-13-2022, 06:04 PM

It sounds like the cable has moved in its clamp ?? If you loosen the cable clamp, put it in third gear and then tighten the clamp back down will the shifter then move back up to park ?

pmrphil · 02-13-2022, 09:20 PM

Possibly the cable got burned during the update? Got a spare cable to test with?

Bill MacDonald · 02-14-2022, 10:12 AM

I had just about the same problem , I was told to try a NEW cable , that worked . Bill

Tom Goldman · 02-15-2022, 09:53 PM

The Cheetah shifter is such a simple mechanism that really the only thing that it could be is the cable or the attaching bracket.

NHRA1926 · 02-16-2022, 10:36 AM

Thanks for all the replies. I talked to Paul at Turbo Action. He helped me figure out the problem. There are 3 mounting positions for the hold down bracket on the shifter mounting plate. I had the bracket installed in the rearward most holes. Ended up, I needed to have it in the next forward holes to allow the cable to travel the correct distance. So it was a relatively easy fix. Thanks again for the suggestions.

02-13-2022, 05:30 PM	#1
NHRA1926 Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Bowling green, Ky Posts: 233 Likes: 12 Liked 212 Times in 64 Posts	Turbo Action Shifter Issue Hoping someone can help me with this. I removed my Turbo Action Cheetah shifter for some roll cage updates, now the shifter will not move down into 3rd gear. It's a reverse pattern shifter. It is not hooked up to the transmission, as I am waiting for the engine rebuild to be finished, and the transmission is also out of the car. It moves freely from park all the way through 2nd gear. If I remove the hold down bracket holding the cable to the mounting plate on the shifter inside the car, it will go into 3rd gear, but it moves the whole shifter cable, case and all. It's almost like the cable it binding, but the end of the cable where it attaches to the transmission still has room to move. I did adjust the neutral safety switch thinking it was stopping the shifter from going all the way to the rear, but that did not solve the issue. Any ideas? Thanks.

02-13-2022, 06:04 PM	#2
BillK Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Waldorf Md Posts: 230 Likes: 12 Liked 30 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Turbo Action Shifter Issue It sounds like the cable has moved in its clamp ?? If you loosen the cable clamp, put it in third gear and then tighten the clamp back down will the shifter then move back up to park ? __________________ Bill Koustenis

02-13-2022, 09:20 PM	#3
pmrphil Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: CT Posts: 454 Likes: 1,767 Liked 345 Times in 149 Posts	Re: Turbo Action Shifter Issue Possibly the cable got burned during the update? Got a spare cable to test with? __________________ Phil Molski PMR Performance S/C 1623

02-14-2022, 10:12 AM	#4
Bill MacDonald Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dearborn Mich Posts: 13 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Turbo Action Shifter Issue I had just about the same problem , I was told to try a NEW cable , that worked . Bill

02-15-2022, 09:53 PM	#5
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,473 Likes: 878 Liked 857 Times in 234 Posts	Re: Turbo Action Shifter Issue The Cheetah shifter is such a simple mechanism that really the only thing that it could be is the cable or the attaching bracket. __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK

02-16-2022, 10:36 AM	#6
NHRA1926 Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Bowling green, Ky Posts: 233 Likes: 12 Liked 212 Times in 64 Posts	Re: Turbo Action Shifter Issue Thanks for all the replies. I talked to Paul at Turbo Action. He helped me figure out the problem. There are 3 mounting positions for the hold down bracket on the shifter mounting plate. I had the bracket installed in the rearward most holes. Ended up, I needed to have it in the next forward holes to allow the cable to travel the correct distance. So it was a relatively easy fix. Thanks again for the suggestions.