tranny bolts

[Vandora Lawn & Landscape]

I've replaced my 9-spline tranny with a 32-spline and it have a different bolt for the shifter. Anyone have experience with that?

[Richard Martin]

Well, get on down to your local hardware store, The Home Depot or whatever and get yourself the right one.

[Vandora Lawn & Landscape]

It's a little bit more complicated than that.... The old tranny had a bolt with a square end then it was threaded above that. The new one is shapped like a hockey rink. Round on the ends but straight in the middle. It has a hold drilled into it that is threaded.

[Richard Martin]

Okay, I'm going to assume that you are talking about the shifter shaft itself. A little confusion was caused by the fact that my Gravely (it has 32 spline jackshafts) has a bolt that holds the shifter down on the shifter shaft. My Exmark has the same setup as you are looking at.

You can do 2 things. Either roundout the hole in the shifter that you have now to fit the shifter shaft or get a different shifter that fits the shifter shaft. The Gravely shifter will fit the shifter shaft that you have. It is Gravely part number 048996. It is called a transmission shift arm and it should be easily adaptable to your present shifter.

[Vandora Lawn & Landscape]

Yep, that's what I'm gonna do, except with a scag part, very similar to my lesco. Thanks man!