marlin toybox stuck in 4.7 (1 Viewer)

[simonliew]

Hi,
my toybox shifter was stuck in 4.7 lowlow ,I drove the bj42 back and forth tring to shift,after 10 minutes the shifter finally bulge ,now the shifter shift freely but the toybox is still stuck in 4.7,i will be driving around and it will go to neutral intermittently.
just want to know whats broken before I have space in the shop to take it apart.
its winter here.
TIA
simon

 

[Josie'sLandCruiser]

Hi Simon,

Long time since seeing you in S'pore!

Sorry to hear about the problem with the Toybox. Have you contacted Marlin?

I don't remember the specifics of how a Toybox works internally; could the mini-truck crowd help in this regard?

Good luck, and take care.

Alan

 

[simonliew]

Hi Alan,good to hear from you.
finally have some time to take the toybox apart.
the shiftfork broke from the rod,looks like they grind the fork too much in order to clear the gear,there is only 3mm of meat left where it broke.i took it apart,weld it back and will put it together tomorrow.
looks like they didn't have to grind the fork at all .

 

[Mace]

Marlin typically doesn't grind anything he doesn't have to. Might want to take pics of the work and ask over on his board. Course I'd love to see them as well.

 

[fjfodee]

Are you talking about where the shifter connects to the shift fork/rod?