Overview - Operating Cables: Notes

NOTE:

Lubricate the bearing areas and the sliding surfaces. Grease allocation.

Fig 1: Exploded View Of Operating Cables

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Gearshift Cable
- Attach to the cable retainer -item 17-.
- Installed position, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM INSTALLATION POSITION .
Selector Cable
- Attach to the cable retainer -item 9-.
- Installed position, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM INSTALLATION POSITION .
Selector Housing
Lock Washer
- Replace after removing
- Be careful not to damage the cables when removing them
Cable Mounting Bracket
- Plastic
Grommet
- cable mounting bracket to transmission
Spacer
Nut
- 20 Nm
- for the cable bracket
Cable Retainer
- For attaching the selector cable to the relay lever
- Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .
- Do not interchange, cable locking mechanisms for selector cable on linkage lever and for shift cable on transmission shift lever are different
- Allocation, refer to Fig 2.
- Remove from the relay lever Figure
- Press onto the relay lever, refer to Figure
Relay Lever
- Plastic
- Installed position, refer to Fig 5.
- Remove and install together with the cable retainer -item 9-
- To install, lubricate, refer to Figure
- Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .
- On the gearshift cover, disconnecting and reconnecting, refer to Figure
Sliding Shoe
Gearshift Shaft with Gearshift Cover
- (Shift unit)
Clip
- For the relay lever
Gearshift Lever
- With a balance weight
- Insert so that master spline aligns with shift rod, refer to Fig 3
- To install, lubricate, refer to Fig 4
- Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .
- Installed position, refer to Fig 5.
Nut
- 25 Nm
- Replace after removing
- Self-locking
Lock Washer
- Removing, refer to Fig 7.
- Replacing
Cable Retainer
- For attaching the shift cable to the transmission shift lever
- Adjust the gearshift mechanism after installing, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .
- Do not interchange, cable locking mechanisms for selector cable on linkage lever and for shift cable on transmission shift lever are different, refer to Fig 2.
Lock Washer
- Be careful not to damage the cables when removing them
- Replace after removing
Hex Bolt
- 20 Nm
- Quantity: 2
- For the cable bracket

Fig 2: Allocation Of Cable Retainers

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These holes have different diameters.

Cable Retainer For:	Dimension "a"
-1- Shift cable to gearshift lever	8.5 mm
-2- Selector cable to relay lever	10 mm

Fig 3: Identifying Installation Of Transmission Shift Lever

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-- When positioning the transmission shift lever, make sure the tooth gap -arrow A- is placed over the missing selector shaft teeth -arrow B-.

Fig 4: Identifying Transmission Shift Lever Guide Rail Lubrication Area

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Lubricate the selector lever glide track -B-, into which the relay lever engage, especially carefully.
Grease allocation

NOTE:

The graphic of the gearshift lever may differ from the Original part.

Fig 5: Identifying Transmission Shift Lever Components

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Gearshift Lever with Balance Weight
Clip
The relay lever fits into the sliding rail on the transmission selector lever via the sliding shoe -arrow-.

Fig 6: Identifying Sequence To Release Retainers For Shift And Selector Cables

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-- Pull the safety mechanism all the way forward in direction of -arrow 1- and lock it in direction of -arrow 2-.

-- Remove the cable -B- from the cable retainer -A-.

Fig 7: Identifying Shift Cable, Removal

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