Shift and Selector Cables Overview
Shift and Selector Cables Overview
• Coat the bearing areas and the sliding surfaces with grease (G 000 450 02).
1 Gearshift Cable
• Attach to the cable retainer - item 18 - => [ (Item 18) Cable Retainer ]
• Installed position, refer to => [ Shift and Selector Cables, Installed Position ] Shift and Selector Cables, Installed Position
2 Selector Cable
• Attach to the cable retainer - item 11 - => [ (Item 11) Cable Retainer ]
• Installed position, refer to => [ Shift and Selector Cables, Installed Position ] Shift and Selector Cables, Installed Position
3 Lock Washer
• Discontinued as of November 2006
4 Lock Washer
• Always replace
• Be careful not to damage the cables when removing them
5 Shift Housing
6 Bolt
• 20 Nm
• Quantity: 2
• For the cable bracket
7 Cable Mounting Bracket
• Can be made of plastic or metal
8 Grommet
• Cable mounting bracket to transmission
9 Spacer
10 Nuts
• 20 Nm
• For the cable bracket
11 Cable Retainer
• Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• For attaching the selector cable to the relay lever
• Do not interchange. The cable retainers for the selector cable on the relay lever and for the shift cable on the selector lever are different.
• From 03.07 installed with a plastic relay lever, refer to => [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Removing from plastic relay lever, refer to => [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Installing on plastic relay lever, refer to => [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Allocation, refer to => [ Cable Retainer Allocation ]
12 Relay Lever
• Installed position, refer to => [ Selector Lever/Relay Lever Installed
Position ]
• Adjust the shift mechanism after installing. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• Can be made of plastic or metal
• Install the metal relay lever into the bushings - item 13 - => [ (Item 13) Bearing Bushing ] and secure it with a lock washer - item 14 - => [ (Item 14) Lock Washer ].
• Plastic relay lever as of 03.07, refer to => [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• Plastic relay lever, removing and installing with cable retainer, refer to => [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever
• The bushings and lock washers are not needed with the plastic relay lever.
13 Bearing Bushing
• Not needed for the plastic relay lever
14 Lock Washer
• Always replace
• Not needed for the plastic relay lever
15 Sliding Shoe
16 Transmission Shift Lever
• Installing, refer to => [ Installing the Transmission Shift Lever ]
• Installed position, refer to => [ Selector Lever/Relay Lever Installed
Position ]
• Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• From June 2006 smaller bolt diameter for the cable retainer, refer to => [ As of 02.2006, Smaller Bolt Diameter
for the Shift Cable Retainer ]
17 Self-Locking Nut
• 23 Nm
• Always replace
18 Cable Retainer
• Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments
• For attaching the shift cable to the transmission shift lever
• Do not interchange. The cable retainers for the selector cable on the relay lever and for the shift cable on the selector lever are different.
• Allocation, refer to => [ Cable Retainer Allocation ]
Cable Retainer Allocation
These holes have different diameters.
As of 02.2006, Smaller Bolt Diameter for the Shift Cable Retainer
Installing the Transmission Shift Lever
- When positioning the transmission shift lever, make sure the tooth gap - arrow A - is placed over the missing selector shaft teeth - arrow B -.
Selector Lever/Relay Lever Installed Position
1 Shift lever
2 The relay lever fits into the sliding rail on the transmission selector lever via the sliding shoe - arrow -.
Cable Retainer, Replacing
- Pull the securing mechanism forward at the cable retainer from the shift cable and selector cable as far as the stop - 1 arrows - and then release it to the left - 2 arrows -.
- Remove the shift cable lock washer - 3 - from the transmission selector lever - 1 -.
- Remove the shift cable from the pins.
Metal Relay Lever
- Remove the selector cable circlip - 4 - from the relay lever - 2 -.
- Remove the selector cable from the pins.
Plastic Relay Lever
- Remove the relay lever and the cable retainer. Refer to => [ From 03.07 - Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever.
- Pry off the cable retainer. Refer to => [ From 03.07 - Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever.
Continuation for all Shift Mechanisms
- Apply a small amount of grease (G 000 450 02) on the transmission shift lever pins - arrows - - 1 - and on the relay lever pins - 2 -.
- Replace the lock washer - 3 - and the lock washer - 4 - on the metal relay lever each time they are removed.
- Secure the shift cable with the lock washer - 3 - and selector cable with the lock washer - 4 - on the metal relay lever.
• If a plastic relay lever is installed, then it must be installed together with the cable retainer. Refer to => [ From 03.07 - Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever.
Adjust the gearshift mechanism. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.