[bret a ewing]

Had a TKO600 5/rev linkage idler rod break. 150 miles. Alignment pin for those gears were not properly adjusted, hence reverse was never easy to grab. The rod is a cast piece and the lower slide hole does not have a lot of meat around it. That is where it cracked.
Ordered new 600, had it pulled apart and re-shimmed and re-adjusted (just as a precaution). Smooth as butter.