Shift Cable: Service and Repair
Operating Cables Assembly Overview
• Lubricate bearing areas and slide surfaces with grease (G 000 450 02).
1 Shift cable
• Connect with cable retainer --> [ 11 Cable retainer ]
• Installation position --> [ Shift Mechanism Installation Position ] Procedures
• From 11.06 changed fastener on shift lever inside shift mechanism --> [ 8 Shift cable ] Shift Lever and Shift Housing from 10.06, Servicing
2 Selector cable
• Connect with cable retainer --> [ 10 Cable retainer ]
• Installation position --> [ Shift Mechanism Installation Position ] Procedures
• From 11.06 changed fastener on selector bracket inside shift mechanism --> [ 6 Selector cable ] Shift Lever and Shift Housing from 10.06, Servicing
3 Lock washer
• Always replace
• Discontinued on shift mechanisms from 11.06 --> [ Shift Lever and Shift Housing from 10.06, Servicing ] Shift Lever and Shift Housing from 10.06, Servicing
4 Shift housing
5 Lock washer
• Always replace
• Do not damage cables when removing
6 Bolt, 20 Nm
• Quantity: 3
• For mounting bracket
7 Mounting bracket
• Can be made of plastic or metal
8 Grommet
• Mounting bracket to transmission
9 Spacer
10 Cable retainer
• Adjust shift mechanism after installation --> [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• For selector cable to relay lever
• Do not interchange, cable locking mechanisms for selector cable on linkage lever and for shift cable on transmission shift lever are different
• Is secured with a lock washer in the case of the metal relay lever --> [ 12 Lock washer ]
• From 05.07 installed in conjunction with the plastic relay lever --> [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Removing from plastic relay lever --> [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Pressing onto plastic relay lever --> [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Allocation --> [ Allocation of cable retainers ]
11 Cable retainer
• Adjust shift mechanism after installation --> [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• For shift cable to transmission shift lever
• Do not interchange, cable locking mechanisms for selector cable on linkage lever and for shift cable on transmission shift lever are different
• Allocation --> [ Allocation of cable retainers ]
12 Lock washer
• Always replace
• Not needed with plastic relay lever
13 Lock washer
• Always replace
• Not needed with plastic relay lever
14 Bushing
• Not needed with plastic relay lever
15 Relay lever
• Installation position --> [ Installation position of transmission shift lever/relay lever ]
• Adjust shift mechanism after installation --> [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• Can be made of plastic or metal
• The metal relay lever is placed in the bushings --> [ 14 Bushing ] and secured with a lock washer --> [ (item 13) Lock washer ].
• From 05.07 plastic relay lever
• Plastic relay lever, removing and installing with cable retainer --> [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• The bushings and lock washers are not needed with plastic relay lever
16 Slide shoe
17 Transmission shift lever
• With balance weight
• Insert so that master spline aligns with shift rod
• Installation position --> [ Installation position of transmission shift lever/relay lever ]
• Adjust shift mechanism after installation --> [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• From 06.06, smaller diameter on cable retainer mounting bolts --> [ From 06/06, smaller diameter of shift cable retainer mounting bolts ]
18 Self-locking nut, 23 Nm
• Always replace
Allocation of cable retainers
The holes in the cable retainers have various diameters.
From 06/06, smaller diameter of shift cable retainer mounting bolts
Installation position of transmission shift lever/relay lever
1 Transmission shift lever with balance weight
2 The relay lever engages into the guide rail of the transmission shift lever, via guide shoe - arrow -.