Shift Cable: Service and Repair

Removing
- Move selector lever to "P"





- Pull selector lever cable -1- upward off lever/selector shaft -4-.
- Remove circlip -3- at support bracket.
- Raise vehicle.
- Separate exhaust system by loosening the clamping sleeve.
- Remove tunnel heat shield front and rear.
- Remove cover from selector lever housing.





- Pry selector lever cable -3- off selector lever -2-.
- Pull circlip -1- for securing selector lever cable to selector lever housing out downward.
- Pull selector cable carefully out of housing.

Installing

Note:
^ Check protective sleeve for damage; the protective sleeve can only be changed together with the selector lever cable.
^ Before installing lightly grease ball socket on end of cable.
^ Check that the protective sleeve is correctly installed. Do not twist protective sleeve.
^ Do not bend or kink selector lever cable.
^ Selector lever and lever/selector shaft are in "P" , the front wheels are blocked.

- Guide selector lever cable -3- with a new seal into the selector lever housing.
- Press selector lever cable onto selector lever -2-.





- Install a new selector lever cable circlip -1- onto selector lever housing.

Installation position:
Angled end of circlip faces the inside of selector lever housing.
- Move selector lever from "P" to "1".
^ Selector lever mechanism and cable must move freely. If necessary replace selector lever cable or repair selector lever mechanism.
- Shift selector lever into "P".





- Loosen bolt -2- at front ball socket -1-of selector lever cable.
- Place selector lever cable in support bracket/transmission and push onto lever/selector shaft,
- Install new circlip -3- to selector lever cable at support bracket/ transmission.





- Tighten bolt -2- to 5 Nm (44 inch lbs.).
- Install cover on selector lever housing with new gasket and O-rings.
- Install tunnel heat shields.
- Connect exhaust system and secure with clamping sleeve.
- Selector mechanism. Refer to Shift Lever, A/T; Service and Repair.