hard shifting 4 speed

[Aussi440]

Hi guys, I have a 833 4 speed behind my stock 440 in a 68 charger, I had the tranny rebuilt by a reputable Mopar company last year.  I had a bearing noise in it.  Before I sent them the trans it really shifted smooth, you could barely feel the gates between gears especially if I was shifting hard, it would just fall right in.  I am running 80w-90 reg gear oil.

When I got the tranny back and put it in, I could barely get the car in gear.  It has since loosened up but is still very what I would call "notchy".  If I am sitting at a stop light and have it in neutral, and I go to put it in 3rd then 2nd and first I can't get it into 3rd, I have to wait a good 5 seconds before it will go into gear.  When I run the car hard up to 5000 and shift hard, I really feel the gate into 2nd and never used to.

Here is what I have done, I have put some Lucas oil stabilizer in the trans, I have checked the clutch adjustment, I have checked the shifter mech by taking the rods off to make sure the shifter shifts freely without the rods connected, it's fine.  I took the 1st to 2nd gear rod off and bent it a little straighter, it had a bit of and angle to it, when I did this I really couldn't get the car in gear, so I bent it back.

They company replaced my input shaft, bearings and seals.  Then just did a good clean up.
Do you guys have any ideas???

Ryan

[John_Kunkel]

Is it hard to get into Reverse? IOW, if you depress the clutch pedal, wait a few seconds, then shift to Reverse does it go in or grind excessively?

[oldschool]

sounds like the shifter is out of ajustment to me.

[ITSA426]

You didn't say what shifter you have.  I have a similar problem with my Inland shifter after I reinstalled it, If the knob is screwed down too tight.  If I back the knob out a little it works just fine.  I haven't played with it too see why it does it but it does.