Shift Cable: Service and Repair

A/T 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 the center console. Center Console Removal/Installation

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 the retainer lock (C) into the retainer to lock the retainer.






7. Slide (A) the socket holder (B) to remove the shift cable (C) from the shift cable bracket (D). Do not remove the shift cable by pulling the shift cable guide (E).






8. VIN begins with JHM: Remove the shift cable cover (A).

9. VIN begins with JHM: 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. VIN begins with IHG: Remove the shift cable cover (A), and remove the two bolts securing the shift cable bracket (B).

11. VIN begins with IHG: Pry up the lock tab of the lock washer (C), and remove the lock bolt (D) and the 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 bracket (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 bracket.






18. VIN begins with JHM: 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. VIN begins with JHM: Install the shift cable bracket (F) with the bolts (G).

20. VIN begins with JHM: Install the shift cable cover (H).






21. VIN begins with IHG: 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. Do not bend the shift cable excessively.

22. VIN begins with IHG: Install the shift cable bracket (E) with the bolts (F).

23. VIN begins with IHG: Install the shift cable cover (G).

24. Install the shift cable on the shift lever, and adjust the shift cable. Adjustments

25. Install the center console. Center Console Removal/Installation