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Another thought… Could someone who has a similar vintage 2500 please crawl up under there with a tape measure and measure the length of the shifter rod that protrudes forward of the bracket that holds the securing bolt? It’s apparently quite sensitive as to where it’s positioned.

This has nothing to do with speed at which I am shifting it. Fast or slow, it grinds. I have owned this truck for 16 years and have shifted it in and out of four-wheel-drive who knows how many thousands of times. It didn’t do this before.

Yes it seems pretty clear to have it in 2H, which I did, but I’m unclear on what pin holes we're talking about exactly. I see the hole in the shifter lever, but then I’m not sure what else I’m supposed to line it up with on the linkage bracket. I’m not seeing anything that looks like an...

Interesting. Mine doesn’t have and such pin. I can see the hole in the shifter lever, but that pin isn’t there anymore.

Thank you very much! But what on earth does this mean? 6. Align the adjustment locating hole on the lower shifter lever with the adjustment channel on the shifter bracket assembly. adjustment locating hole? Adjustment channel? Huh?

I figured. I set the bar with the Trans Case in the 2wd position. I don’t know what’s the proper location to bolt the linkage back up. It seems to offer plenty of travel to get the lever to shift into all locations, but obviously there’s issues. Is there a factory service bulletin on this...

Well job is done. Replaced the linkage rod and bushings. Seemed easy enough, but now I have a problem. It will not go into and out of 4L without a horrible grinding and gnashing of gears. It didn’t do this before. Before I would put trans (auto) into N and shift T case lever into and out of...

Looks like the Mopar part number is 55366066AB. I’d prefer to buy OEM. Problem is, all the Mopar kits show the rod and the hardware, but not the two rubber bushings. Has anyone bought this Mopar part and can you confirm if it came with the bushings or not?

That’s very helpful. Thank you! I sure wish I could find that in an OEM Dodge part. Everything I’ve looked at his much more complicated and not sold as a complete linkage set.

2006 2500, 5.9l 4x4. I was doing a lot of 4x4 driving around the ranch this weekend and when I went to shift back into 2wd to get back on the highway, the shifter just flopped back and forth. Uh oh. I crawled underneath and the linkage between the shifter and the T case is totally gone...

Yeah, that’s good. Thanks for the responses. I just happened to notice this maintenance recommendation in the manual. Says to adjust valve lash at 135k for the A schedule and at 150k for the B. I’m about to hit 150k and I don’t exactly baby this truck. It has lowish miles for its age, but...

2006 5.9. Running great. No engine or drivetrain issues at all. About to turn 150k. Manual says to adjust valves at 150K. The only good diesel shop I trust is a ways away and will be rather inconvenient to take the truck to. I think this is over my DIY ability. So my question is, if truck...