help! I need to replace the bolt that connects my linkage to the transmission!

[Mike Haigler]

I have a 2009 mustang gt 4.6 liter with manual 5 speed tranny. this morning on the way to work the bolt that holds the linkage to the transmission backed out and is gone,I have a part number from ford to replace it but nobody has the part in town,the part they say it is, w710540s439 and its a 12mmx55mm bolt. I need to get a bolt from a hardware store so I can get the car home until I can get the proper bolt,has anyone had this issue before? and what bolt did you use? what is the thread pitch? please email any helpful info please, [email protected]
thanks mike

 

[MrAwesome987]

This is the bolt you need to order: https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/parts/ford-bolt_-w710540-s439.html

The description says its a M12x55mm bolt. I would assume the thread pitch is the standard 1.75.

This will thread into the hole on the transmission, but without the shoulder like the stock bolt, its going to be loose and probably not shift too well.

 

[golkhl]

You might have to hit your local junkyard, I broke that bolt doing a shifter install back in the day, and had to buy a whole new shifter assembly from the dealer to get the bolt.

 

[MrAwesome987]

You might have to hit your local junkyard, I broke that bolt doing a shifter install back in the day, and had to buy a whole new shifter assembly from the dealer to get the bolt.

The link I sent says they have it in stock.

 

[GlassTop09]

This is the bolt you need to order: https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/parts/ford-bolt_-w710540-s439.html

The description says its a M12x55mm bolt. I would assume the thread pitch is the standard 1.75.

This will thread into the hole on the transmission, but without the shoulder like the stock bolt, its going to be loose and probably not shift too well.

Thanks for posting this link!

 

[RED09GT]

Mine loosened up on my stock shiter as well. Car had maybe 15,000 miles on it when it happened with my car. I caught it before it fell out so I got out the red loctite but wish I'd used the blue as it made it a bitch when I went to change the stock shifter for a Barton.
I seem to remember quite a few 2009 GT's that had this problem back in the day.

 

[Mike Haigler]

well! I found it wasnt that bolt! it was a smaller bolt/pin that had broke. I will try to explain this the best I can so maybe it will help someone else down the road.
the linkage that connects to the gear shifter handle where it attaches to the transmision there is a knob that comes out of the transmission and it has a hole through it from top to bottom,and there is a metal sleeve/bracket that slides over the cylinder shaped knob and it has a threaded hole in the top of it that has a bolt that threads into it and a smooth shaft shoulder that goes through the cylinder knob and thes connects the gear shifter linkage to the tranny,well the smooth shaft/pin broke off the end of the bolt and allowed the linkage to hang freely under my car.I ended up using a bolt and a nut the connect everything back together to get the car home and I went to the hardware store and got a grade 12.9 bolt and had it machined to replace the original bolt that was only a 10.9 bolt so I should be good to go now!

 

[Mike Haigler]

here is a link that shows the pin/bolt that failed.


https://www.oempartsquick.com/oem-parts/ford-shifter-assembly-pin-4r3z7c211aa