Shift Cable: Service and Repair

Selector lever cable, removing and installing

Special tools and equipment





80-200 Pry lever

Removing
- Shift selector lever into "P" position.
- Raise vehicle.





- Separate front exhaust pipes at double clamps -A- and -B- and tie up to side.
- Disconnect drive shaft from transmission and tie up or support.
- Remove left-hand protective plate on transmission.





- Remove cover from mounting bracket (arrows).
Disconnect selector lever cable from mounting bracket as follows:





- Press together ends of securing clip -B- and remove.
- Pull down locking plate -A- (for securing selector lever cable to mounting bracket) and remove.
- Pull selector lever cable off selector lever.





- Remove selector lever cable from selector shaft lever (arrow).
- Remove support bracket from transmission.
- Release selector lever cable from support bracket.
- Pull selector lever cable out from mounting bracket, when doing this do not kink cable.

Installing
^ Selector lever and selector shaft lever in position UP" (parking lock must engage).
- Do not bend or kink selector lever cable, lightly grease cable eye and cable ends before installing.
- Install selector lever cable in mounting bracket.
- Connect selector lever cable to selector lever.





- Install locking plate -A- for selector lever cable onto mounting bracket.
Installation position: the angled end of the locking plate must point toward the end of the selector lever cable.
- Press together ends of securing clip -B- and slide onto end of selector lever cable.
- Connect selector lever cable to support bracket (hand-tight).
- Bolt support bracket to transmission (hand-tight).
- Press selector lever cable onto selector shaft lever.
- Align selector cable lever in support bracket.





- Tighten bolts securing support bracket to transmission (arrows -1-) and secure selector lever cable to support bracket (arrow -2-), using torques as specified. When doing this, brace (counter-hold) at hex (arrow-3-).





- Tighten four nuts to 10 Nm (7 ft. lbs.).
- Check selector lever cable adjustment, adjust if necessary. Adjustments
- Install left-hand protective plate on transmission.
- Install drive shaft.
- Install front left and right-hand exhaust pipes.





Tightening torques
Support bracket/selector lever cable to transmission: 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.)
Selector lever cable to support bracket: 12 Nm (9 ft. lbs.)