I recently had an issue with my shifter. It started making a plastic crunching noise when shifting from Drive to Reverse or Park. Sometimes it felt like something was going to break when I forced it into Park. I figured out what the issue was but I am posting this in case anyone else has this same problem. I googled so many variations of clicky crunchy shifter and couldn't find anything described that way. But it literally sound like plastic crunching when you shift. You can feel it in your hand as well. Most posts and articles say it's the shifter cable or bushings.
From what I understand, this arm that broke off is for enhanced feedback when shifting from one position to another. It creates a more pronounced "thump" into your selected drive gear. You can see the little bumps that it travels over when changing shifter position. I removed the panel around the shifter and lifted the shroud around the shifter to get to this piece. Mine was broke at the top towards Park. So any time I tried to shift to reverse or park it would get stuck on each bump. Some people have the opposite issue where it breaks on the bottom and makes it hard to shift into R N D M 2 1 from Park.
I removed mine and now it's back to normal. Not sure if there is any other use for this arm outside of shifter feedback. Maybe @FordTechOne knows something about this piece. Although he'll probably just point out the bigger issue... It's a peasant GEN1
Here are the other posts I found after an extensive search
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BTW that dirty truck in pic one is not mine lol. Just for reference.
From what I understand, this arm that broke off is for enhanced feedback when shifting from one position to another. It creates a more pronounced "thump" into your selected drive gear. You can see the little bumps that it travels over when changing shifter position. I removed the panel around the shifter and lifted the shroud around the shifter to get to this piece. Mine was broke at the top towards Park. So any time I tried to shift to reverse or park it would get stuck on each bump. Some people have the opposite issue where it breaks on the bottom and makes it hard to shift into R N D M 2 1 from Park.
I removed mine and now it's back to normal. Not sure if there is any other use for this arm outside of shifter feedback. Maybe @FordTechOne knows something about this piece. Although he'll probably just point out the bigger issue... It's a peasant GEN1
Here are the other posts I found after an extensive search
Floor shifter hard to move through gears - Ford F150 Forum - Community of Ford Truck Fans
2009 - 2014 Ford F150 - Floor shifter hard to move through gears - 2013 FX4 5.0 6 speed auto floor shift. I've done a little bit of googling on this and didn't find much that pertained to my year truck. Basically one day I was shifting into drive and it went through reverse and neutral but then...
www.f150forum.com
Shifter Broke, Key Stuck in Ignition
2009 floor shifter broken part - Ford F150 Forum - Community of Ford Truck Fans
Maintenance Shop - 2009 floor shifter broken part - Hey guys, Today my shifter felt rough when I put my truck into drive, so I took apart the floor shifter and found this little plastic bit broken off, only held on by the end of a spring. I've searched the internet and I haven't been able to...
www.f150forum.com
BTW that dirty truck in pic one is not mine lol. Just for reference.
