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Installation Instructions
Pro Bandit Shifter
Part Number 80793 & 80794
©2004, 2000 by B&M Racing and Performance Products
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The B&M Pro Bandit Shifter is a gate
pattern type shifter mechanism. It is
available in a rear exit cable model only
and it is designed for Powerglide
transmissions with standard or reverse
pattern valve bodies. The B&M Pro
Bandit Shifter features a positive
reverse lockout mechanism and a
neutral safety switch as required by
NHRA and IHRA.
Please read the instructions and review
the illustrations thoroughly before
beginning the installation.
IMPORTANT: You must first install
the shifter cable and an air slave cylinder (such as B&M's #80883 KIT)or
electric solenoid onto the shifter before
positioning it in your vehicle. This is to
insure that you allow for proper clearance at the rear of the shifter for these
components before you permanently
mount the shifter body into the vehicle.
Mounting the shifter first without the
cable and the air slave cylinder attached can cause possible interference from frame rails or other components. Poor cable routing and cable
binding will result in poor shifter operation.
position furthest from the red reverse
lockout release lever. Remove the five
countersunk screws from the B&M Pro
Bandit Shifter cover (See Photo #1).
STEP 2. Locate the cable attachment
pin at the rear of the shifter stick. The
pin is visible just under the black shift
pattern gate plate. Do not remove the
black gate plate (See Photo #2).
STEP 3. Fully extend the stamped
loop end of the shifter cable #80834
(included in #80793 KIT), (See Photo
#3).
STEP 4. Insert the extended stamped
loop end of the cable through the largest access hole in the rear of the shifter
body. Slip the stamped loop cable end
over the cable attachment pin at the
rear of the shifter stick and attach the
supplied e-clip to the pin. Check to
make sure you have the e-clip firmly
and accurately in the locating groove in
the pin (See Photo #4).
STEP 5. Push the cable anchor tab
flush to the rear of the shifter body.
Align the 17/64" cable flange hole with
INSTALLING THE SHIFTER CABLE
STEP 1. Pull the shifter stick all the
way back to the Low gear position, the
Printed in U.S.A.
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the 9/32" hole in the shifter body. Be
sure to use the hole directly above the
large cable access hole (See Photo
#5). Install the 1/4" bolt from the outside of the shifter body through the
cable mounting flange until the bolt
sticks through to the inside of the
shifter body. Place the supplied 1/4"
washer over the exposed threads on
the inside, then thread on the 1/4" nut
and tighten (See Photo #5).
INSTALLING THE NEUTRAL
SAFETY SWITCH WIRES
STEP 6. The smallest hole in the rear
of the shifter body is 13/64", it will serve
as the exit for the jacketed neutral
safety switch wires. Since this switch
is a breaker that keeps the starter from
engaging until the switch is closed in
Neutral or Park, the color of the wires
is not critical. It is only being used to
break the 12V wire from the starter
switch to the small wire on the starter
solenoid. If your wiring is different,
follow the instructions that pertain to
your specific wiring layout.
STEP 7. With needle nose pliers
gently plug the connectors onto the
neutral safety switch terminals. You
will see that the wires are designed to
fit the staggered terminals on the
switch. Be careful not to force the
connectors onto the switch terminals
or you will damage the switch. These
connectors should slide onto the switch
terminals with light pressure (See
Photo #6). Once the connectors are
firmly in place, feed the loose end of
the jacketed wires through the 13/64"
hole at the rear of the shifter body from
the inside to the outside. The wires are
now ready to be integrated into your
vehicle wiring harness.
INSTALLING THE B&M AIR
SLAVE CYLINDER KIT (#80883)
(OPTIONAL PRODUCT)
STEP 8. Screw the air slave cylinder
into the mounting flange on the shifter
body and tighten the cylinder against
the flange. Install the jam nut onto the
exposed threads of the cylinder and
tighten the jam nut. Screw the black
rubber bumper onto the slave cylinder
shaft (use a drop of red LOCTITE ® on
Photo #2
Photo #3
these threads), (See Photo #7). There
are flats for a 1/4" wrench on the center
shaft. These are so you can hold it while
you tighten the rubber bumper with a
small pair of pliers. Do not hold the
center shaft anywhere else other than
where the designated flats are. It will
damage the shaft surface and will
cause the cylinder to stick and possibly leak. With the shifter in the High gear
position, extend the rubber bumper/shaft
out of the cylinder by hand. There should
be approximately .060"-.065" clearance
between the end of the bumper and the
shifter stick. This clearance is critical to insure that when the air slave
activates and shifts the shifter into
the High gear it does not slam the
stick into the stop on the gate plate.
If you need to adjust this to obtain the
proper clearance, loosen the jam nut
and back the air slave cylinder out to
the desired spacing and retighten
the jam nut.
STEP 9. At this stage the shifter
cable, the neutral safety switch and
the air slave cylinder should be installed. Before you proceed with
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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 detents away from the actuator on the
neutral safety switch. If they are
aligned improperly you can easily
break the switch. Apply light downward 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).
Photo #4
INSTALLING THE B&M PRO
BANDIT SHIFTER INTO YOUR
VEHICLE
STEP 10. With the driver sitting in the
vehicle, find the best location that allows the driver full range of motion to
easily work the shifter through the entire shift pattern, Park to Low gear.
(Read the section on HOW TO OPERATE YOUR B&M PRO BANDIT
SHIFTER). The two slotted holes at
the bottom of the shifter body are designed for mounting tabs access from
the chassis. The chassis' tabs should
slip up inside the slotted holes. Because 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 dimensions along with a sample drawing of
the standard chassis' tabs position).
Be sure when choosing your shifter
Photo #5
mounting location you route the
shifter cable where it can be easily
looped through the vehicle without
binding or kinking. Most importantly, 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 transmission using the engine mid-plate as
the shifter cable bulk head anchor. The
#80323 quick disconnect cable exten-
sion (included in #80793 KIT), will complete 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
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application. (Figure #2 provides optimum cable position). Dimensions
are critical when making your cable
anchor, be accurate.
Mounting the cable anchor to the
chassis is not recommended. The
cable should always be mounted to
the (engine/transmission) combination. This is important because if
the (engine/transmission) combination were to move forward or backward the cable anchor would stay
in the same position. If the cable
anchor is attached to the chassis,
any movement of the (engine/transmission) combination could cause
the transmission to accidentally be
forced into a different gear. This
could result in serious transmission
damage as well as the possible loss
of vehicle control should the vehicle be under acceleration or deceleration.
STEP 12. The mounting tab holes
measure 5 1/2" (center to center). Once
the shifter location is determined, firmly
mount the tabs to the chassis. The
method of the chassis' tab attachment
is your choice, but welding is preferred.
These tabs must be solid to avoid flex
and vibration. We recommend the
material thickness of 3/16". (Figure
#3 shows the recommended tab
shape and dimensions). With the
tabs on the chassis, slip the shifter
body over the top of the tabs. Carefully
remove the single screw that is temporarily holding the cover in place. Make
sure that your tabs do not interfere with
any of the internal mechanism components.
STEP 13. Install the supplied 5/16" x
3/4" countersunk bolts through the
countersunk mounting holes from the
outside of the shifter body and through
the holes in the chassis' tabs. From
inside of the shifter body, place the
supplied 5/16" nyloc nuts onto the
bolts and tighten. This will clamp the
chassis' tabs to the shifter body. Be
sure not to move the internal shifter
mechanism or the gate plate while the
cover is off.
STEP 14. Reinstall the side cover with
all five screws and tighten. Once the
cover is installed, check to make sure
that the shifter operates smoothly with
no binding. If the shifter seems to bind
Photo #6
Photo #7
check to make sure that the reverse
lockout spring loaded detent lever did
not get pulled out from inside the mechanism (See Photo #8). With needle
nose pliers reset the detent while lightly
pushing down on the gate plate.
ADJUSTING THE SHIFTER CABLE
STEP 15. Place the shifter into the
true Neutral position by releasing the
reverse lockout. Hand place the selector lever on the transmission into the
Neutral position. With both, the shifter
and the transmission in the Neutral
position you can begin the final shifter
cable attachment.
STEP 16. Remove from the cable end
the 10-32 nut, the two dust seals and
one 7/16" jam nut and lock washer.
Leave one jam nut and one locking
washer on the cable. Route the cable
through the mid plate so that the cable
end is pointing towards the back of the
car. Once the cable is through the midplate, reinstall the 7/16" lock washer
and the jam nut along with the two dust
seals. Leave loose for the moment.
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STEP 17. Screw the 10-32 jam nut all
the way onto the threaded cable end till
it stops. Then thread the #80323 quick
disconnect extension onto the 10-32
threaded cable end. Leave the jam nut
and the extension loose. Install the
male ball pin from the #80323 quick
disconnect onto the B&M Power glide
Pro Lever selector lever on transmission in the hole marked #2. The ball
end should point outward (See Photo
#9). Use the two jam nuts on the
threaded end so that one nut is on the
front side of the selector lever bracket
and one on the backside. This will
allow you to position the male ball pin
on the selector lever so that it does not
interfere with the transmission case,
the pan, the shield or the chassis (See
Figure #3).
STEP 18. Again, be sure that the
shifter and the transmission are both in
true Neutral. Use the 7/16" jam nuts at
the mid-plate to get the line up of the
male ball pin on the selector lever and
the female pocket of the quick disconnect coupler close, then snug them
against the mid-plate. Use the red 1032 cable extension to obtain the final
micro adjustment by slipping the female quick disconnect coupler over the
ball on the selector lever off and on.
Carefully check to make sure that the
lever is not being pulled forward or
backward (See Photo #10). As you
check each gear position, remove the
quick disconnect coupler from the selector lever ball and shift the shifter and
the transmission separately. Carefully
slip the quick disconnect over the ball
at each gear position. This adjustment
technique will keep you from damaging
the cable should the adjustment be off
slightly. There may be some backlash
in the cable when you’re checking the
adjustment. This is normal. This comes
from the bending of the cable during
routing. The more bends, the more
backlash. Keep your bends to a minimum for best performance. Do your
best to find the most neutral adjustment. When finished, be sure to tighten
all the jam nuts thoroughly. If adjustment does not seem accurate, be sure
that you have the male ball in the
proper #2 hole on the selector lever of
the transmission. If you are not using a
B&M Powerglide Pro Lever the proper
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Photo #9
selector radius is 2" from the center of
the selector lever shaft.
Always start your adjustment process with the shifter in Neutral and
the transmission in Neutral. (Do not
use Park to begin adjustment).
HOW TO OPERATE YOUR B&M
PRO BANDIT SHIFTER
This example of the Pro Bandit’s
operation is for use with the Powerglide transmissions utilizing a forward pattern valve body only. The
gate plate is the same for a Powerglide with a reverse pattern valve
body, the only change is that the
Low gear and High gear positions
switch. Other gate plate patterns
are available. The available patterns and their respective part numbers are listed at the end of these
installation instructions.
From the Park position, squeeze the
trigger to allow the release of Park lock
and pull the stick back. The first detent
will be the Reverse position. The second detent will be Neutral. The reverse
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lockout lever function is between the
Reverse position and the Neutral position. The trigger is not required to pull
the stick back to Low gear from Neutral. The third detent will be the High
gear position and the fourth detent will
be the Low gear position.
From Low gear, to shift forward to High
gear just push the stick forward, this
gate is accessible without having to
squeeze the trigger. From High gear
position to access Neutral, squeeze
the trigger and push the stick forward,
this is Neutral for drive around purposes. For true Neutral, you must
push the red reverse lockout lever forward. (Do not hold your hand on the
shifter stick. The stick will move
forward internally by the spring
loaded mechanism). Once the lock-
out lever is forward and the shifter stick
has automatically clicked forward. The
lockout mechanism will now stay open
on it’s own, with no assistance from
the driver. At this point the shifter is in
the true Neutral position. To access
Reverse from the true Neutral position,
simply push the shifter stick forward,
without squeezing the trigger. Squeezing the trigger will open the next gate,
which will be the Park position.
If you wish to rearm the reverse lockout
from the true Neutral position, pull
back slightly on the shifter stick and
you will see the lockout lever snap
back into the lock position.
Optional/Replacement Products
#80710 3-Speed/reverse pattern valve body
#80711 3-Speed/forward pattern valve body
#80712 4-Speed/forward pattern valve body
#80609 Replacement Neutral Safety Switch
#80883 Air Slave Cylinder with bumper
#80323 Quick Disconnect & Cable Extension
#80880 Electronic Control Valve
#80834 8' Super Duty Race Cable
#80833 5' Super Duty Race Cable
#80832 4' Super Duty Race Cable
#80831 3' Super Duty Race Cable
Photo #10
80794:
1 Pro Bandit Shifter
1 Accessory Bag
1 Neutral Safety Switch Wires
1 Installation Instruction
80793 Also Includes:
1 Accessory Bag
1 #80834 Super Duty Race Cable
1 #80323 Quick Disconnect Kit
1 #70465 Pro Lever Kit
1 Neutral Safety Switch Wires
1 Installation Instructions
5/16" out
from dowel pin
hole center
Mid plate
2"
H
B&M
1
T
#2 B&M
2
hole
Jam nuts will
allow positioning
in or out
Figure #1
Mid plate
(out line)
Drill 7/16" hole
for cable anchor
7" down from
center of
dowel pin
Figure #2
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