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Shift and Selector Cables






Shift and Selector Cables

Removing

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

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






- Remove the gasket.

- Remove the lock washers - 1 through 4 -.






Lock washers - 1 and 4 - are no longer installed in shift mechanisms from 11.06.

- Pry off the shift cable (or the selector lever cable) from the shift lever (or selector lever) with 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

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

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






- Attach the shift cable and the selector cable to the gear shift lever and the selector lever inside the shift housing and secure it with lock washers - 1 and 4 -.

Lock washers - 1 and 4 - are no longer installed in shift mechanisms from 11.06.

- Install the seal and press 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.