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Shift Cable: Service and Repair






Shift Mechanism Cable Assembly Overview

Lubricate bearing areas and slide surfaces with grease ( G 000 450 02).





1 Shift cable

Connect with cable retainer => [ (Item 11) Cable retainer ]

Installed position => [ Shift Mechanism Installation Position ] Shift Mechanism Installation Position.

2 Selector lever cable

Connect with cable retainer => [ (Item 10) Cable retainer ]

Installed position => [ Shift Mechanism Installation Position ] Shift Mechanism Installation Position.

3 Lock washer

4 Shift housing

5 Lock washer

Always replace

When removing, do not damage cables

6 Hex bolt, 20 Nm

3x

For mounting bracket

7 Mounting bracket

8 Grommet

Bearing for mounting bracket to transmission

9 Spacer

10 Cable retainer

For selector cable on linkage lever

Do not interchange! Cable retainers for selector lever cable on linkage lever and on transmission shift lever are different => [ Allocation of Cable Retainers ]

11 Cable retainer

For shift cable on transmission shift lever

Do not interchange! Cable locking mechanisms for selector lever cable on linkage lever and on transmission shift lever are different => [ Allocation of Cable Retainers ]

12 Lock washer

Always replace

13 Lock washer

Always replace

14 Bearing bushing

15 Relay lever

Installed position => [ Installation Position of Transmission Shift
Lever/Actuator Lever ]

Adjust shift mechanism after installing => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.

16 Shoe

17 Transmission shift lever

With counterbalance weight

Insert so that master spline aligns with shift rod

Installed position => [ Installation Position of Transmission Shift
Lever/Actuator Lever ]

Adjust shift mechanism after installing => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.

18 Self-locking hex nut, 23 Nm

Always replace

Allocation of Cable Retainers





Holes in cable retainers have different diameters.





Installation Position of Transmission Shift Lever/Actuator Lever





1 Transmission shift lever with counterbalance weight
2 Relay lever engages over shoe - arrow - into glide track of transmission shift lever.