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Wanted: Original shift rails for a passenger drop 205

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woodwright

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I have a divorced dodge 205. I had some slop in the crossbar shifter assembly, so I enlarged the holes in the shift rails for bigger pins. I tried to enlarge the holes in the crossbar, but it is extremely hard and can't be drilled. I would like to just return it to stock. Thanks,

Clint
 
Well, they are not virgin, but pretty tight--I drained ATF (original?) out of it. It is a "shift on fly" unit, and the nylon pads are still in good shape, so relatively low miles or low 4x4 use.
 
Not sure about Dodge, but GM had some short rails, and long rails....I don't know what the application difference was for them.
 
rails dont matter if you have the correct link bar.

and the early 80's shift on fly was prob a syncro 205 and lots of parts are diffrent in them to reg 205 so watch out and be sure.

also now is the best time to twin stick it if you ask me and others. it shifts 10x better and you get 2wd low range. if you add the modifyed rails you get front wheel drive also.

but stock 205 twin sticked for me was best money on bolt on upgrade. so much beter shifting it. even lubed and greased up it use to shift so bad i was afraid i was going to bend or break somthing. now its like butter.

good luck and hope this info helps you. :waytogo:
 
Here is some info I found out about the syncro/non-syncro differences....




I also got the 205 front output 32 spline shaft today finally.
The diameter of the rear bearing is different between the 85' syncro model (round pattern on the trans adapter surface), and the 80' non syncro unit (figure 8 pattern on the trans adapter surface). This new 32 spline shaft takes the larger bearing housing (non syncro type, figure 8 style) as others have mentioned before.

Here is a few differences I've noticed between the two front output-rear covers, as visible from the rear of the t/c on the outside:

Syncro type.................................... Non syncro type
Rear cover has oil passage to bearing... No oil passage to bearing
Rear cover bearing housing 2" dia......... Bearing housing 2-1/2" dia.
Rear cover all cast aluminum............... Cast housing w/steel brg plug

So tomorrow I'll be switching the front output shaft parts from the older, spare 205 I have, to the newer shaft, and try to get this thing put together finally. I'll post up some pics tomorrow for a better reference of the covers.
Shees' all this just for 2 more splines???



MOre info here @ post 461:

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261694&page=10
 
woodwright said:
My 205 is a mid 70's divorced dodge unit. Are the rails the same?
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Couldn't tell you. The link and pins will be included if you need/want them.
As stated by SweetK30, the rails should swap as long as matched pairs with the corresponding link are used.
 
I have been thinking about doing twin sticks. The way my linkage is set up it would be very easy. Is there any disadvantage to converting to twin sticks? How easy is it to bump it into hi and lo and make a big mess?
 
Synchro NP205 shift rails are specific to the rest of the synchro 205 parts, they won't work right in a non-synchro case.
 
woodwright said:
Is there any disadvantage to converting to twin sticks? How easy is it to bump it into hi and lo and make a big mess?
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only bad thing is more money from your wallet.

and if not swaping in modifyed rails its still just like factory and no cross range shifting problems . and to get high or low you have to go threw nutrel first. also front wheel drive is only able to shift in same range as rear is in. so no high/low combos.
 
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