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Cable Operated Transaxle

  1. Place transaxle in "NEUTRAL" position. Working over left front fender, remove lock pin from transaxle selector shaft housing. Reverse lock pin (long end down) and insert into same threaded hole while pushing selector shaft into selector housing.
  2. Remove gear shift knob, retaining nut and pull-up ring. Remove screws attaching center console and remove console. Fabricate 2 adjustment pins from 3/16" diameter rod. See Fig 1 . Install adjustment pins in gear shifter mechanism.
  3. Loosen crossover and selector cable adjustment screws. Allow both cables to center themselves in the adjustment slot. Retighten cable adjustment set screws to 55 INCH. lbs. (6 N.m).
CAUTION: Proper torque on crossover and selector cable set screws is very important.
Fig 1: Cable Operated Gearshift Linkage Adjustments Inset shows adjustment pin fabrication.
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