4spd hard to go from reverse to Neutral

hi, have you tried shifting the lever by itself? with a wrench? there is a shoe inside, it can be too close to the 1-2 shoe and cause reverse to be hard to move. just food for thought

Yes it shifts SMOOTH as Silk with the rods off the trans. It has to be the shifter mechanism.......does the bolt and adjusting nut do anything to fix this problem?? You know the one on the front of the shifter mechanism?