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stephanie Posted on Dec 13, 2017

My truck slips out of drive into neutral and is hard into park because I had to remove the clip how do I adjust this back

I had to recently change my heater core in my 2002 dodge Ram 1500 and I had to remove my entire dash including my steering column. I had to remove the clip in the shifter now my truck will slip out of drive into neutral and I also have trouble getting the truck all the way into park how can I adjust this back right

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SOURCE: How do you remove the steering 1998 Dodge Ram column so you can

make sure ther isnt another 2 bolt bracket in the back, also remove bolt from shaft (inside) CAUTION MARK SHAFT BEFORE REMOVEAL AND DO NOT !!! LET STEERING WHEEL TURN WHILE DISCONNECTED.will damage airbag clockspring.also disconnect shift cable and small shift indicator cable (size of fihing line).good luck hope this helps.

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