4l85 shift lever question

[Craig@Bowler]

In case this is still an issue you're trying to resolve. It is not impossible to do this without removing the valve body, but we definitely don't advise leaving the valve body in. If you are really confident in your abilities, you can bend the separator plate out of the way to remove the "nail" that holds the selector shaft in place to exchange them. Once the new one is in place you can then bend it back. But I will stress again, we advise against this method.