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Shift and Selector Cables






Shift and Selector Cables

Removing

- Remove the shift mechanism. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism ] Shift Mechanism.

- Bend down the tabs - arrows - on the base plate using a screwdriver and remove the plate.






- Remove the gasket.

- Remove the lock washers - 1 through 4 -.






The lock washers - 1 and 4 - are no longer installed in shift mechanisms beginning in 11.06.

- Pry off the shift cable (or the selector cable) from the transmission shift lever (or the selector lever) with a screwdriver.

- Remove the shift and selector cables from the shift housing.

Release the retainers - A - for the shift and selector cables - B - as follows:






Push the sleeve forward as far as it will go - arrow 1 -.

Turn the sleeve to the right as far as it will go - arrow 2 - until it engages.

- Remove the retainers from the cables.

- Remove the lock washers - 1 and 2 -.






- Remove the cables from the cable bracket.

Installing

Installation is performed in the reverse order of removal while observing the following:

- Secure the shift and selector cables to the shift housing with lock washers - 2 and 3 -.






- Attach the shift and selector cables to the transmission shift lever and the selector lever inside the shift housing and secure them with lock washers - 1 and 4 -.

Lock washers - 1 and 4 - are no longer installed in shift mechanisms beginning in 11.06.

- Install the gasket and press the tabs - arrows - up to secure the base plate to the shift housing.






- Install the shift mechanism. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism ] Shift Mechanism.

- Adjust the shift mechanism. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.