Hey guys, I am having a problem here. Right after I got my DII it started slipping after I would put it in park. Every time it does this there are a few loud metallic clicks that sound horrible. Even the slightest amount of incline will cause it to do this, some times just parking in my car port it will do this. I seen another thread on here talking about the solution of tightening a bolt underneath a piece of trim on the shift ****, well it seems I must have a different shift **** because I don't have the piece of trim or the bolt. I pulled my shift **** off and it has a long piece of plastic that looks to pull something. I am tightening the ebrake today for the mean time because I don't want it to get worse or have it stop holding the truck at all. Thanks all I appreciate the help.

 

Have your local dealer run your VIN for uncompleted campaigns (Roverspeak for recall). There was a campaign about the park lock pawl (the thing that locks the driveline up so it doesn't roll). If it's still active they may be able to do it without cost to you.

 

Awesome, great info. I am going to call them right now and see what they say. Will post their response.

 

Well I just got the call back from the dealer, it was bad news, no open campaigns for my rover.

 

That's a drag, I'll have to go look at RAVE and see if it jogs any memories. Mine seems to get worse every year, I don't think it was a real involved repair, but I'll have to see if I can jog my memory.

Edit:
So my memory failed me again, it's not a simple repair, the transfer case has to come out first, not as bad as pulling the whole trans/transfer out as a unit but a difficult job if you don't have a lift. If you look at RAVE section 44.28.07 (page 643) it will show you the parking pawl setup, what was happening in the recall was that a bunch of the pawls apparently didn't get heat treated and the "ear" would chip off preventing it from locking into the notches in the ring. The recall was 10 years ago (or so) so maybe there's a statute of limitations. Hope your parking brake is working good.

 

I dont have a lift, but I can get one easy enough from my buddy. I will have to download the RAVE again(new computer) and check that out so I can get this figured out. My ebrake is real loose so I wont trust it at all tell I tighten it. Apprecaite the info, would have taken me forever to find that.

 

Ya it was, I got real excited thinking I might not have to spend more money.

 

Could it be your shifter cable?
A lil adjustment may fully engage park.
It or the cable bracket could have been hit by road debris.
Just a thought

 

Correct.
Shifter cable.
The parking pawl is probably partially engaged.

Do not go to park in this condition as you may chip teeth off or wear the pawl.

 

Checking the adjustment is easy, just put it in park (and in your case chock the wheels) go under and find where the cable attaches the the trans, loosen the lock nut and push the arm towards the front of the vehicle and retighten the nut. Any time I've seen one of these get out of adjustment there have been problems with the starter engaging (doesn't think it's in neutral or part), but I've been in this business long enough (since '68) to never say never. Most of the damaged parking pawls I've seen are because the owner slammed the shifter into park when it was still moving. There are a number of components in the park lock system, obviously the pawl and the locking rings but there is the relay mechanism that translates the movement of the shift arm back to the pawl. What happens when you engage park is the relay pushes the pawl up and engages the locking ring, when you move the lever out of the park position the "push" is released and a spring retracts the arm. Pretty basic type of mechanism. Other than checking the adjustment, there isn't much else you can do without opening up the trans.