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Shift Cable: Service and Repair

Shift Cable Replacement

1. Raise the vehicle on a lift, or apply the parking brake, block the rear wheels, and raise the front of the vehicle. Make sure it is securely supported.
2. Remove these items:
^ Center console panel
^ Center console rear trim
^ Center console

3. Move the shift lever to R.
4. Remove the nut securing the shift cable end.





5. Unlock the retainer (A).





6. Rotate the socket holder retainer (A) counterclockwise (B) until it stops, and push in the retainer (C) to lock it.





7. Move the socket holder (A), then slide it to remove the shift cable (B) from the shift cable bracket (C).





8. Saitama Factory produced models: Remove the shift cable cover (A).





9. Saitama Factory produced models: Remove the spring clip (B) and the control pin (C), and separate the shift cable end (D) from the control lever (E). Remove the two bolts securing the shift cable bracket (F).
10. Marysville, Ohio Factory produced models: Remove the shift cable cover (A), and remove the two bolts securing the shift cable bracket (B).





11. Marysville, Ohio Factory produced models: Pry up the lock tab of the lock washer (C), and remove the lock bolt (D) and lock washer, then separate the shift cable (E) from the control shaft (F).
12. Remove the heat shield.





13. Remove the bolts securing the shift cable stay (A).





14. Remove the shift cable grommet (B), and pull out the shift cable (C).
15. Insert a new shift cable through the grommet hole (D), and install the grommet in its hole. Do not bend the shift cable excessively.
16. Secure the shift cable grommet.
17. Install the shift cable stay.
18. Saitama Factory produced models: Apply molybdenum grease to the hole in the bushing (A) in the shift cable end (B). Attach the shift cable end to the control lever (C), then insert the control pin (D) into the control lever hole through the shift cable end, and secure the control pin with the spring clip (E). Do not bend the shift cable excessively.





19. Saitama Factory produced models: Install the shift cable bracket (F) with the bolts (G).
20. Saitama Factory produced models: Install the shift cable cover (H).
21. Marysville, Ohio Factory produced models: Install the control lever (A) over the selector control shaft (B). Secure the control lever with a new lock washer (C) and the lock bolt (D), then bend the lock tab of the lock washer against the bolt head.





22. Marysville, Ohio Factory produced models: Install the shift cable bracket (E) with the bolts (F).
23. Marysville, Ohio Factory produced models: Install the shift cable cover (G).
24. Install the shift cable on the shift lever, and adjust the shift cable.
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