Thanks for the reply and the parts breakdown. The pivot is where I cleaned both ends and regreased. I don't remember seeing the clamp. There's a plate where the shifter goes into the transmission that I'm tempted to remove to find the culprit but am afraid with not knowing the internals.
I'm new here and recently worked on a friend's tn65 New Holland with the forward and reverse on the left. It would not move into gear per the instructions which say to first move to the left before going forward or backward with shifter. I took sheet metal away and greased a component which...