B&M STEALTH PRO BANDIT SHIFTER User Manual
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.
Photo #1
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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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