2005 L322, 4.4:
So I did a trans service this afternoon, and when putting the selector lever nut back on the shaft, I overtightened the nut, now it just turns, cannot get the nut on or off. The selector lever in firm, no play so it may just stay put, but My choices are:
1) Leave it alone until next time when I drop the pan, hoping the nut will stay on, maybe putting some red loctite to help secure
2) Drill a small hole thru the nut and stud to run a wire thru to secure
3) Cut the nut off, hoping I can run a die of a different size to recut new threads
4) replace the selector shaft, not sure what is involved in this. I cannot believe I did this, I am usually so careful when tightening nuts, but I just did not think about the shaft not having threads all the way around as a standard 10mm stud would have.
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So I did a trans service this afternoon, and when putting the selector lever nut back on the shaft, I overtightened the nut, now it just turns, cannot get the nut on or off. The selector lever in firm, no play so it may just stay put, but My choices are:
1) Leave it alone until next time when I drop the pan, hoping the nut will stay on, maybe putting some red loctite to help secure
2) Drill a small hole thru the nut and stud to run a wire thru to secure
3) Cut the nut off, hoping I can run a die of a different size to recut new threads
4) replace the selector shaft, not sure what is involved in this. I cannot believe I did this, I am usually so careful when tightening nuts, but I just did not think about the shaft not having threads all the way around as a standard 10mm stud would have.
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