2004 cdl linkage.
#11
Fried my drill a few days back and dont feel like buying a new one as work is replacing it. Guess im going at this with a cordless dremel, big hammer and a cold chisel. Should be alright though. I can turn stuff left and hit things with hammers. So hopefully I come home with my linkage in just a bit. Ha.
#12
Fried my drill a few days back and dont feel like buying a new one as work is replacing it. Guess im going at this with a cordless dremel, big hammer and a cold chisel. Should be alright though. I can turn stuff left and hit things with hammers. So hopefully I come home with my linkage in just a bit. Ha.
Again just trying to same you some time and frustration.
#13
Speaking from experience here, a dremel won’t make this job any easier. Especially a cordless one. If you can borrow a grinder it’s the way to go. I tried a corded dremel as well, went through an entire pack of the dremel grinder wheels on the first one and got nowhere. Borrowed a grinder and it took 5 minutes to go through all of them.
#14
Well. The chisel made short work of the rivets. No issue there. I managed to get the actual shift lever and the cable to the cdl. But no more.
Was not able to get the bracket off the CDL 1 bolt head stripped and I was limited on time. And the hi low cable is still in the truck. Broke several tools tring to get the bolts on the bracket to break loose.
Will my hi low cable work with this? Do i even need this part?
And the plate the cdl shifter bolts to I am ok to use my old one if i cut the hole out bigger to allow sideways movement right?
Being this ended up being in a junk yard i got all i could before the vultures hit it. Will be going back for round 2 tomorrow to at least get the bracket off the cdl hopefully
Man what a spacious work environment it is down in there...
Was not able to get the bracket off the CDL 1 bolt head stripped and I was limited on time. And the hi low cable is still in the truck. Broke several tools tring to get the bolts on the bracket to break loose.
Will my hi low cable work with this? Do i even need this part?
And the plate the cdl shifter bolts to I am ok to use my old one if i cut the hole out bigger to allow sideways movement right?
Being this ended up being in a junk yard i got all i could before the vultures hit it. Will be going back for round 2 tomorrow to at least get the bracket off the cdl hopefully
Man what a spacious work environment it is down in there...
Last edited by DodyDisco; 10-04-2019 at 05:40 PM.
#15
Well. The chisel made short work of the rivets. No issue there. I managed to get the actual shift lever and the cable to the cdl. But no more.
Was not able to get the bracket off the CDL 1 bolt head stripped and I was limited on time. And the hi low cable is still in the truck. Broke several tools tring to get the bolts on the bracket to break loose.
Will my hi low cable work with this? Do i even need this part?
And the plate the cdl shifter bolts to I am ok to use my old one if i cut the hole out bigger to allow sideways movement right?
Being this ended up being in a junk yard i got all i could before the vultures hit it. Will be going back for round 2 tomorrow to at least get the bracket off the cdl hopefully
Man what a spacious work environment it is down in there...
Was not able to get the bracket off the CDL 1 bolt head stripped and I was limited on time. And the hi low cable is still in the truck. Broke several tools tring to get the bolts on the bracket to break loose.
Will my hi low cable work with this? Do i even need this part?
And the plate the cdl shifter bolts to I am ok to use my old one if i cut the hole out bigger to allow sideways movement right?
Being this ended up being in a junk yard i got all i could before the vultures hit it. Will be going back for round 2 tomorrow to at least get the bracket off the cdl hopefully
Man what a spacious work environment it is down in there...
#16
I know the cdl bracket is much needed.
Any idea if the original hi low cable/bracket from a non cdl shifter will work in a cdl shifter? In other words are they any different?
Would be nice to not deal with the stubborn tool breaking one i couldn't get free.
Sorry tons of questions.
Any idea if the original hi low cable/bracket from a non cdl shifter will work in a cdl shifter? In other words are they any different?
Would be nice to not deal with the stubborn tool breaking one i couldn't get free.
Sorry tons of questions.
Last edited by DodyDisco; 10-04-2019 at 06:28 PM.
#17
The hi-lo cable you already have in your truck is all you need. And if you can't get the bracket that bolts to the top of the transfer case at the nipple it's not terribly difficult to fabricate one. But if you can somehow get it out tomorrow with a bolt extractor it would make installing the new one a lot easier.
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Congratulations! What is the model number of the SLABS? The SLABS is plug and play. The only two things I can think of that would affect it being ready for your truck are whether or not the donor truck had air suspension and whether or not the donor truck had the Three Amigos on when it went to the boneyard. Both conditions can be addressed with an appropriate scan tool.