2013 Tahoe Gear Shift Lever loose and will not go into gear.

iAmKendrickRay said:

Just found this on YT

If the doorman doesn't hold then I'm gonna do this... And I'm also in Houston so I feel your pain with the wet heat...

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I'm finally back to working on this after being out of town for a couple weeks and then having the Tahoe in the body shop to repair damage from being rear ended. I bought the nylon bushing and it doesn't seem to click on and give any support. After putting an unholy amount of pressure on it to get it in place I can flick it off with my pinky. I'm going for the repair in this video. I've got all the stuff to do a good job of it.

PatDTN said:

I'm finally back to working on this after being out of town for a couple weeks and then having the Tahoe in the body shop to repair damage from being rear ended. I bought the nylon bushing and it doesn't seem to click on and give any support. After putting an unholy amount of pressure on it to get it in place I can flick it off with my pinky. I'm going for the repair in this video. I've got all the stuff to do a good job of it.

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I want that guy's lift.

PatDTN said:

I'm finally back to working on this after being out of town for a couple weeks and then having the Tahoe in the body shop to repair damage from being rear ended. I bought the nylon bushing and it doesn't seem to click on and give any support. After putting an unholy amount of pressure on it to get it in place I can flick it off with my pinky. I'm going for the repair in this video. I've got all the stuff to do a good job of it.

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no need for all that nonsense, the fitting and a drill bit cotter pin and washer works fine, been thru 4 years of abuse still works perfectly fine, will take a whole 5 minutes
and if it needs to come off for whatever reason, pull the cotter pin, done.

I did pull the lever, ground off the rivet and punched it out. Tried to tap it to 1/4-20 but didn't get the tap to bite. I drilled it to accept the same bolt slid through from the back side. My bolt had a lower profile head and the shaft had just a slight flare at the head that let me tap it into place with a hammer. The cable end with the trimmed nylon bushing is just minutely loose. My nut ran down and tightened against the unthreaded shaft just touching the cable. Shifter feels great and I know I won't have to fix it again.

Side note, I injured some fingers on my left hand a few weeks ago and didn't want to fight with putting gloves on. Figured I wouldn't get dirty working on this. I was wrong. Tried out the Fast Orange mechanics' wipes I bought at Walmart and cleaned me right up. Tried it on the door pull that my mechanic* got dirty and cleaned that up too.


*I do all my own work.