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.