B&M 81112 STEALTH PRO BANDIT SHIFTER - Manual (Page 3)

mocking up the B&M Pro Bandit
Shifter in your vehicle, temporarily
reinstall the side cover with the center
screw only. This is to insure that the
gate plate and the mechanism do not
move from the inside of the shifter body
when you are positioning it in your
vehicle. You are now ready to locate
your B&M Pro Bandit Shifter in your
vehicle.
If for any reason the internal shifter
mechanism becomes pulled off or
away from the shifter body, make
sure to check the spring loaded
detent lever at the front of the
mechanism. The best way to do this
is to move the stick all the way back
to the Low gear position. This will
clear the neutral safety switch de-
tents away from the actuator on the
neutral safety switch. If they are
aligned improperly you can easily
break the switch. Apply light down-
ward pressure to the black shift
pattern gate plate while using
needle nose pliers to rotate the
spring loaded detent lever to the
left. You will feel the detent locate
itself back into position (See Photo
#8).
INSTALLING THE B&M PRO
BANDIT SHIFTER INTO YOUR
VEHICLE
STEP 10. With the driver sitting in the
vehicle, find the best location that al-
lows the driver full range of motion to
easily work the shifter through the en-
tire shift pattern, Park to Low gear.
(Read the section on HOW TO OP-
ERATE YOUR B&M PRO BANDIT
SHIFTER). The two slotted holes at
the bottom of the shifter body are de-
signed for mounting tabs access from
the chassis. The chassis' tabs should
slip up inside the slotted holes. Be-
cause the B&M Pro Bandit Shifter
has flush mount hardware and bottom
entry mounting, it is possible to tuck it
inside the frame tubes and out of the
driver's leg and arm areas without worry
of the mounting hardware rubbing the
inside of the body panels. (Figure #3
shows the recommended tab dimen-
sions along with a sample drawing of
the standard chassis' tabs position).
Be sure when choosing your shifter
mounting location you route the
shifter cable where it can be easily
looped through the vehicle without
binding or kinking. Most impor-
tantly, it is critical not to crush, bind
or kink the shifter cable as it exits
the rear of the shifter body. Poor
cable routing will result in improper
shifter operation and potential
cable damage.
STEP 11. The B&M Pro Bandit Shifter
is designed to bring the cable to the
transmission from the front of the trans-
mission using the engine mid-plate as the shifter cable bulk head anchor. The
#80323 quick disconnect cable exten-
sion (included in #80793 KIT), will com-
plete the shifter cable connection to
the transmission’s selector lever. We
recommend the B&M Powerglide Pro
Lever #70465 (included in #80793 KIT).
If your transmission has a different
selector lever, it must have the cable
attachment hole at 2" from the centerline
of the selector shaft. If your vehicle
does not have a full engine mid-plate,
then you will have to fabricate a strong
cable anchor bracket to work in your
Photo #4
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