Gen 2.5 - Sloppy Transfer Case Shifter/Engagement

[All-Terrain]

Shifting my Gen 2.5's transfer case lever is like stirring a pot full of thick lumpy stew.

It will engage all of its modes properly (2H, 4H, 4HLc, 4LLc), but sometimes it takes a few tries to find the mode you're looking for... And I believe that's why it sometimes takes a little longer to disengage a previous mode, because the engagement/shifter movement is not positive.

Any common remedies here? Are there bushings that may have been ground into a fine powder, or anything like that?

I'll definitely do a fluid change, because I don't know what brand or type of fluid is currently in the transfer case.

Thanks in advance!

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Read this http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...eplace-or-upgrade-their-transfer-case-shifter

 

[nwoods]

yeah, you got the disappearing red ball, and you need a white ball from a pre-98 model year transfer case shift lever.

 

[All-Terrain]

Update here - I did some searching around on the Internet, and found this link:

http://www2.pajeroclub.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=28251

No need to replace the entire transfer case shift lever with an old used one with a white ball.

Instead, just buy the replacement bushing, and swap it in.



I ordered this exact part number, MD701605, and it arrived today --- cost me $22 shipped.

I'll install it hopefully this weekend, and will probably coat it with some white lithium grease or something similar.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Update here - I did some searching around on the Internet, and found this link:

http://www2.pajeroclub.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=28251

No need to replace the entire transfer case shift lever with an old used one with a white ball.

Instead, just buy the replacement bushing, and swap it in.

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I ordered this exact part number, MD701605, and it arrived today --- cost me $22 shipped.

I'll install it hopefully this weekend, and will probably coat it with some white lithium grease or something similar.

Except you are replacing the old crappy one with the same crappy part, it has been discussed before and you cannot buy the earlier/better part new anymore, good luck with the swap though.

 

[Salonika]

Does this repair, no matter which way it's done, ever need to be done more than once? I guess it depends partially on how often you use this shifter, so for some people the bushing is a fine way to fix it.

 

[billygoats]

Good work on finding the mitsubishi part number. However if you have access to a pick a part junkyard, the whole white ball assembly will cost you less than $20. I think I paid closer to $10.

 

[All-Terrain]

Except you are replacing the old crappy one with the same crappy part, it has been discussed before and you cannot buy the earlier/better part new anymore, good luck with the swap though.

Well, when we bought a brand new Montero (Pajero, actually, since we were overseas) in 1993, it worked great as I recall, but it has been too long for me to be able to remember what it felt like when shifting the TC lever.

I don't know how a Gen 2.5 felt in comparison when new to the new white ball shifter in a Gen 2.

But, I'm willing to bet that a now 17 year old Gen 2.5 with a brand new crappy piece of **** don't-ever-buy-one bushing will feel pretty decent. Pretty subjective topic, anyway.

Hard to take your comment seriously when you're selling old junkyard white ball shifters for $75. Not exactly unbiased.

Oh well.

 

[All-Terrain]

I don't have a Mitsubishi dealer nearby, but apparently these bushings are only $5 or $6 new. I had to pay $16 for UPS to bring it to me.

 

[Clem]

Hard to take your comment seriously when you're selling old junkyard white ball shifters for $75. Not exactly unbiased.

Well said.