While pulling a trailmower the other day, I got into a little bind and in trying to shift from reverse to forward, I couldn't get her back into Low range.

I was able to limp back to the house in high range, but the 400 had to work more than usual.

The shifter arm (from the shifter lever to the transmission) has a lot of slop in it that I don't recall before (but who looks when everything is working right?)

Now (when sitting in the garage) the shifter **** appears to be off a notch (when in Nuetral, the shifter appears to be in high / when in reverse the **** is sitting in the nuetral slot). Which means the **** won't reach to low range. Also, it doesn't seam to shift as easily as it used to.

Any thoughts?

 

Maybe you could adjust it.

 

I figured there had to be some adjustment somewhere, just haven't had a chance to break out the tools.

Which end would be better to adjust? At the shifter lever or on the crankcase?

I have been satisifed with the AC TBX so far, and was a little shocked when the transmission/shifter messed up on me the other day.

 

If it has as much slop in the lever as you described, I would also check to see if any parts came loose or any mounting hardware is broken and also if any of the linkage is bent.
You probably more than likely would adjust it at the transmission.

 

I had a chance to work on the AC 400 last night. Tried adjusting at both ends of the shifter linkage. Adjusting at either end seemed to work, but the adjustment at the shifter **** end was smoother.

I think that adjusting the linkage at the transmission threw off the angle between the shifter linkage and the crankcase shaft as I had to play with it to shift into low.

Lengthening the linkage at the shifter **** end pretty much returned everything to the previously smooth shifting. Also, the shifter **** is a lot more fine with the adjustment than the crankcase end.

I only had a few minutes to actually test it out last night, but she seemed to be working better.

Thanks

 

Well the main thing is that you got it fixed and can now get back out on the trails for some fun riding.

 

Andy, my wife had the same problem with her 400. The AC mechanic in Denver fixed it by turning down the idle so the clutch releses.