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Gear Shift Cable: Installation

NOTE: The crossover and selector cables are manufactured as a cable "assembly" and cannot be serviced individually.
CAUTION: Gearshift cable bushings must not be lubricated or the bushings will swell and split.
  1. Raise vehicle on hoist.
  2. Install cable assembly through floor pan opening and secure to floor pan with grommet plate and one screw (Figure ). Make sure the three grommet plate studs protrude through cable assembly and floor pan and tighten screw to 7 N.m (60 in. lbs.).
  3. Route transaxle end of cable assembly into engine compartment and over transaxle assembly.
  4. Install converter heat shield (Figure ).
  5. Lower vehicle.
  6. Install gearshift cables to mounting bracket and fasten with NEW clips (Figure ). Make sure clips are installed flush to bracket.
  7. Connect gearshift selector and crossover cable to shift levers at transaxle (Figure ).
  8. Install and tighten the three grommet plate-to-floor pan nuts to 6 N.m (50 in. lbs.) torque.
  9. Install selector cable to shifter lever and secure cable to shifter bracket. Install clip (Figure ).
  10. Install crossover cable to shifter lever and secure cable to shifter bracket. Install clip (Figure ).
    NOTE: Only the crossover cable is adjustable. The selector cable does not have any adjustment capabilities.
  11. Adjust crossover cable as follows: 
    1. Loosen adjusting screw on crossover cable at shifter (Fig 1 ).
    2. The gearshift mechanism and transaxle crossover lever are spring-loaded and self-centering. Alignment pins used in the past are not required anymore. Allow gearshift mechanism and transaxle crossover lever to relax in their neutral positions. To ensure the gearshift lever is in the proper position, place the shifter in 3rd or 4th gear if necessary. Torque adjustment screw to 8 N.m (70 in. lbs.). Care must be taken to avoid moving the shift mechanism off-center during screw tightening.
    3. Perform functional check by shifting transaxle into all gears.
  12. Install center console assembly (Figure ).
  13. Install gearshift boot to console. Locate boot to console at forward tab and secure with retaining tabs.
  14. Position knob hole over the gearshift mechanism and align the shift pattern (Figure ). Strike knob with rubber mallet to engage knob to mechanism.
  15. Install the air cleaner assembly.
  16. Connect battery negative cable.
Fig 1: Locating Crossover Cable Adjustment Screw
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