[Spits] stick shift play mystery solved

[s1500 at comcast.net]

I swore I sent a msg to this list on Sunday, but several digests have gone by without my message. Anyways. Last Sunday, I take out the interior pieces to get to my recently rebuilt transmission, to find out why I have forward/bkwd play when shifting.

Well, after I got the cover off, the problem was quite obvious. The 2 bolts on the flange plate that go to the "ball" section of the stickshift were quite loose. About 1/3 of an inch of thread was hanging out of the bolts. No wonder it had so much play. That settles it then. I'm using Loctite on those 2 bolts. Anyone know off hand what the torque of those 2 bolts should be? Obviously I didn't use enough the first time, for they have vibrated loose.