Shift Cable: Service and Repair

Shift and Selector Cables

Removing

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

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






- Remove the gasket.

- Remove the lock washers - 2 and 3 -.






- Remove the shift cable - 1 - and selector cable - 4 - from the shift lever and selector lever using a screwdriver.

- Remove the shift cable and selector cable 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 in the - direction or arrow 1 -.

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

- Remove the retainers from the cables.

- Remove the lock washers - 1 and 2 -.






- Remove the cable bracket from the cables.

Installing

Install in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:

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






- Install the shift cable - 1 - to the shift lever and the selector cable - 4 - to the selector lever inside the shift housing.

- Install the gasket and bend up the tabs - arrows - 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.