Removal and Replacement

MT Gear Shift Lever

REMOVAL
1) Set the vehicle on a lift.
2) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
3) Remove the gear shift knob.
4) Remove the console box front.
5) Remove the clamp.





6) Remove the boot and insulator assembly.





7) Remove the harness clamp from the plate COMPL.





8) Remove the plate COMPL from the body.





9) Lift up the vehicle.
10) Remove the under cover.
11) Remove the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
12) Remove the heat shield cover.





13) Remove the crossmember.
14) Remove the snap pin and washer, and remove the reverse check cable from the reverse check lever.
15) Move the transmission to the right side, and remove the joint COMPL, stay bolts and reverse check cable.





NOTE:
If the transmission is not moved aside, the joint COMPL and stay bolts may contact the body and cause damage.





16) Remove the cushion rubber from the body.





17) Lower the vehicle.
18) Remove the gear shift lever.

INSTALLATION
1) Insert the gear shift lever from the room side.

NOTE:
After inserting the rod and stay, temporarily put them onto transmission mount.

2) Lift up the vehicle.
3) Mount the cushion rubber on the body.





4) Move the transmission to the right side of the vehicle, and install the joint COMPL and stay.





5) Install the crossmember.
6) Install the reverse check cable end, washer and snap pin to the reverse check lever.

NOTE:
^ Make sure to point the snap pin in an appropriate direction.
^ Before installing, adjust the reverse check cable.





7) Install the heat shield cover.





8) Install the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
9) Install the under cover.
10) Install the plate COMPL.

NOTE:
Be careful not to twist the inner boot when installing.

Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft-lb)
1) Set the plate COMPL to the vehicle.
2) Temporarily tighten the bolt (A).
3) Tighten the bolt (B).
4) Tighten the bolt (A).
5) Tighten the bolts (C) and (D).





11) Install the harness clamp to the plate COMPL.
12) Install the boot and insulator assembly, and secure with a clamp.





13) Install the console box front.
14) Install the gear shift knob.
15) Make sure the gears can be shifted accurately into each gear.