While shifting, the left rod got jammed and is stuck in overdrive now and button will not depress to release. Help! Any suggestions for repair? Thanks in advance.
83 Hurst Olds

 

Judging by experience, I'd say that rods pin snapped in half where the factory weld is, take the shifter overlay plate off the console and take a look inside and see if the detent pin moves up and down normally when the button is depressed, if it doesnt move much at all or not at all then it's the pin snapped in half.

It's a shame such a badass looking shifter like them were so poorly made. Good luck.

 

Should have a lifetime guarantee on it, check with Hurst. http://hurst-shifters.com/?page_id=90

 

Thanks for the help. So after thinking about my jammed dilemma, I seem to recall that you can move the gears from the steering wheel console. So I went through each gear until the shifter button depressed down and connect with the linkage and it appears to work and put back in Park. Not sure if this will work permanently until I drive it. But the shifter linkage went through all gears ok. With that, any ideas on why this happened? Cause and effect...

 

There is a "spring" ring at the bottom of each rod. I can not remember exactly how it is together, but this ring will brake and fall into a lower hole and make it do what you have. I should have several pictures of it on my home computer. I will try to post them when I get home. I should also have pictures on how to make new spring rings.

 

Thanks Jensenracing77 will look for your pics, etc. please look at my repost above. Not sure if this was a fix.

 

It is possible that you fixed it but I would bet that you need to at least adjust the cable. If the cable is out of adjustment it will also cause it to do this. If the shifter lever is in it's slot and the transmission is not fully engaged into it's detent, When you let out on the button the transmission will spring into it's final position. This caused the lower drum in the shifter to turn and the pin will no longer align with the drum when you push the button.

 

 

Thanks Jensenracing77. I'd bet my first born I did not completely fix this. It happened for a reason. I will not touch the 2 right rods until this is looked at by a mechanic. It should drive ok with only the left rod. Meantime I will try to sell it or replace with new set. Thanks

 

Thanks Jensenracing 77. Any idea how to adjust cable or should I leave that to a mechanic?

 

It is adjusted at the transmission side of the cable under the car. With the shifter in neutral you will need a guy inside the car holding the button down. Loosen the lock nut and make sure the transmission is in neutral. You will have just a little play in the cable with the button down, Just try to retighten the nut with the play in the middle. If the button is released and will not go back down you will have to try again. the goal is to adjust the cable till the hole in the drum aligns with the pin in the lever.

 

Thanks Jensen and all. A good mechanic should b able to adjust the cable.

 

A lot of times the transmission cable is stretched and has to be replaced. I have NOS GM shifter cable for the 1983 and 1984 Hurst/Olds if you would like to purchase.

 

If you need a new cable, there's a new NOS cable on ebay for 75.00 or best offer. 357746 was the original number, but 3958079 interchanges with it. They were both used on late 60s, early 70s Corvettes.

NOS GM 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Corvette auto trans cable | eBay

You can still get them from GM as well.

$59.95 plus tax/shipping through GMpartsdirect.com. List price from the dealer is $96.97

F (S)Cable 3958079 | GMPartsDirect.com

 

Need an explanation on how to remove stuck Hurst Lightning Rod shifter.