Shift Mechanism, Removing and Installing

Shift Mechanism, Removing and Installing

Removing

- Remove shift knob and housing cover.
- Remove center console.
- Remove cover.






- Remove cover for shift mechanism housing (arrows).






- Remove nuts securing shift mechanism housing (arrows).
- Separate exhaust system behind Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC); if necessary remove front exhaust system together with Three Way Catalytic Converter (TWC).
- Remove heat shield.






- Remove shift rod (arrow -A-).
- Remove socket-head bolt on pivot rod (arrow -B-).
- Swing shift mechanism housing together with shift rod and pivot rod downward and remove.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, noting the following:

- Push shift rod on so that securing bolt fits into recess of shift rod.






- Secure shift rod (arrow -A-).
- Secure pivot rod to transmission (arrow -B-)
- Adjust shift linkage, Shift Linkage, Adjusting
- Install heat shield.
- Align exhaust system free of stress.

Tightening torques

Component Torque

Shift Mechanism Housing to Body 10 Nm (7 ft. lb.)

Shift Rod to Transmission 23 Nm (17 ft. lb.) (1)

Pivot Rod to Transmission 40 Nm (30 ft. lb.)

- (1) Always replace bolt.