Shift lever assembly

摘要

A shift lever assembly including a detent rod with a lateral detent pin. The detent rod has one end and a lateral through bore receiving the lateral detent pin. A hollow pivotable shift lever receives the detent rod for its movement in a longitudinal direction of the shift lever. A compression spring has one end bearing against the one end of the detent rod and operative to apply force to the detent rod. The detent pin is formed with a groove positioned in the lateral through bore. The detent rod is formed with a passage having one end opening at the one end of the detent rod and the opposite end opening to the lateral through bore. A lock bolt is slidably received in the passage. The lock bolt has one end connected to the compression spring at the one end thereof and an opposite end engaged in the groove of the lateral detent pin.