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Shifter M/T: Service and Repair

MT Gear Shift Lever

REMOVAL
1. Set the vehicle on a lift.
2. Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
3. Remove the gear shift knob.
4. Remove the console box.
5. Remove the clamp.





6. Remove the bushing and insulator assembly.





7. Remove the harness clamp from the plate.





8. Remove the plate assembly from the vehicle body.





9. Lift up the vehicle.
10. Remove the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
11. Remove the heat shield cover.





12. Remove the stay from transmission bracket.





13. Remove the rod from joint.





14. Remove the cushion rubber from the vehicle body.





15. Extract the spring pin and remove the joint.





16. Lower the vehicle.
17. Remove the gearshift lever.





INSTALLATION
1. Install the joint to the transmission and secure with a spring pin.
2. Insert the gear shift lever from the room side.

NOTE: Insert the rod and the stay, and then temporarily set them onto the transmission mount.





3. Lift up the vehicle.
4. Mount the cushion rubber on the vehicle body.
Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft. lbs.)





5. Using new self-locking nuts, connect the rod to the joint.
Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft. lbs.)





6. Using new self-locking nuts, connect the stay to the transmission bracket.
Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft. lbs.)





7. Install the heat shield cover.





8. Install the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
9. Install the plate assembly to the vehicle body.
Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft. lbs.)
1. Set the plate assembly to the vehicle.
2. Temporarily tighten the bolt (A).
3. Tighten the bolt (B).
4. Tighten the bolt (A).
5. Tighten the bolts (C) and (D).





10. Install the harness clamp to the plate.
11. Install the boot and insulator assembly, and secure with a clamp.





12. Install the console box.

DISASSEMBLY
1. Remove the lock wires.





2. Remove the rod from lever.





3. Separate the rod and inner boot.
4. Remove the snap ring from the stay.





5. Separate the gear shift lever and the stay.





6. Remove the boot, bushing and snap ring from gear shift lever.





7. Remove the spring pin, and then remove the bushing and snap ring.





8. Remove the boss from the joint.





9. Remove the bushing and spacer from the boss.





10. Remove the bushing and cushion rubber from the stay.





ASSEMBLY

NOTE:
^ Clean all the parts before assembly.
^ Apply grease [KOPR-KOTE (Part No. 003603001) or equivalent] to each part.

1. Mount the bushing and cushion rubber to the stay.





2. Install the bushing and spacer to boss.





3. Using new self-locking nuts, install the boss to the joint.
Tightening torque: 18 Nm (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft. lbs.)





4. Install the snap ring to gear shift lever and install the bushing.

NOTE: Apply grease to the bushing.





5. Apply grease to the bushing and O-ring, and then install to gear shift lever.





6. Apply sufficient grease into boss, and then install the gear shift lever to the stay.





7. Install the washer and snap ring.





8. Insert the gear shift lever and rod into boot hole.
9. Install the rod.
Tightening torque: 12 Nm (1.2 kgf-m, 8.9 ft. lbs.)





10. Install a new lock wire.





NOTE:
^ Install the lock wire to the stay groove.
^ Bend the extra wire to the same direction of lock wire winding.





INSPECTION
1. Check the parts (bushing, cushion rubber, spacer, boot, stay and rod, etc.) for deformation, damage and wear. If necessary, repair or replace faulty parts. Compare the removed parts with new parts to judge if there are damages or not.





2. Check the swing torque of rod linked with the gear shift lever. If the torque exceeds the specifications, replace the bushing or retighten nuts.
Swing torque: Less than 3.7 N (0.38 kgf, 0.84 1b)