Selector Lever Cable, Removing and Installing

Selector lever cable, removing and installing

Special tools and equipment





^ 80-200 Pry lever

Removing
- Shift selector lever into position "S".
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove front exhaust system with catalytic converter.
- Remove heat shield for driveshaft from body of the vehicle.





- Remove heat shield for driveshaft from cover for Torsion differential (arrows).
- Unbolt driveshaft from transmission and hang or support.
- Remove shielding plate/selector lever cable, if installed.





- Remove mounting bracket for selector lever cable (arrow).
- Removing left transmission support.





- Pry off selector lever cable from lever/shift rod using 80-200 prying lever (arrows).
- Unbolt front heat shield, if installed, from below shift mechanism housing.





- Remove lower cover from shift mechanism (arrows).
- Remove boot of selector lever cable from lower shift mechanism cover d slide back.





- Remove retaining clip -1- for selector lever cable on shift mechanism downward.
- Pull plastic securing spring -2- slightly to front and push pin -3- up only as far as necessary (arrow).

Note: Make sure that pin is not pushed fully out.

- Remove selector lever cable -4- from shift mechanism.

Note: Do not bend or kink selector lever cable.

Installing
Installation is reverse of removal, noting the following:





- Fit new retaining clip -1- for selector lever cable on shift mechanism.

Installation position:
Angled end of retaining clip faces to inside of shift mechanism.





- Insert end of selector lever cable -4- into selector lever joint.
- Press pin -3- downward (arrow)
- Check whether plastic securing spring -2- has locked pin.
- Fasten selector lever cable boot into lower cover of shift mechanism.





- Bolt lower cover to shift mechanism (arrows).

Note: Do not bend or kink selector lever cable.

- Install front heat shield, if present, under shift mechanism housing.





- Push lever/selector shaft -2- on transmission fully forward into position "S" (on illustration fully left) -arrow-.
- Shift selector lever into "S" and carefully press up ball head of selector lever cable -1- on lever/shift rod -2- using a pair of pliers.

Note: Do not deform lever/shift rod when pressing up or else shifting cannot be precisely adjusted any more.





- Bolt on mounting bracket for selector lever cable in this position (arrow).
- Install shielding plate/selector lever cable, if present.
- Install left transmission support with transmission mount
- Fit driveshaft to transmission.





- Bolt heat shield for driveshaft onto transfer box (arrows). - Install front exhaust system with catalytic converter.

- Adjust selector lever cable.





Tightening torques