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4x4 Shift Linkage for Old Cat ATVs

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I have a '99 300 4x4 with IRS. I like the machine except for the 4x4 engagement system. IMHO, the cable-actuated 4x4 engagement method on these old machines is one of the worst designs I've ever seen. I don't think it's ever worked properly, even after a fully rebuilt differential with a brand new cable.

My questions are:
(1) Do the slightly newer 2002+ 4x4 shift mechanisms work with a lever, instead of a cable?
(2) If (1) is YES, then is it possible to convert the cable system to a lever system? I think, yet am not certain, that the chassis from '98 to at least '04 is the same, yes?
 
Discussion starter · #4 ·
660catman, Thanks for the photos and input! Bummer, it looks like I'd need a different front differential to convert my '99 to the lever shift.

Matt193, I'm confused, isn't a 2001 300 4x4 using the same cable actuated 4x4 shift system my '99 uses?
 
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Matt193, you rock!
Do I understand this correctly; are you stating that 0436-310 is a complete kit which allows one to convert their pre '01 4x4 from a cable actuated shifter to the'01+ lever actuated 4x4 shifter?
Is that's true, do I cut a hole in the plastic above the left knee where the new shift handle is located? I can't find a copy of the 0436-310 instructions so I could read them.
Thanks!
 
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