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Shift Cable: Service and Repair






Shift Cable and Selector Cables

Removing

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

- Bend down the tabs - arrows - on the shift mechanism cover using a screwdriver and remove the cover.






- Remove the gasket.

- Remove the lock washers - 2 and 3 -.






- Remove the shift cable - 1 - and the selector cable - 4 - from the transmission shift lever and relay 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 - 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 cable bracket from the cables.

Installing

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

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






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

- Install the gasket and press the tabs - arrows - up to secure the shift mechanism cover to the shift housing.






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

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