Notice: Adjust the shift control cable only while the transaxle and the gear
selector are in NEUTRAL. Failure to do so may cause mis-adjustment.
- Set the parking brake and chock the wheels.
- Remove the range selector cable terminal from the transmission
manual shaft lever pin.
- Pry on the range selector cable terminal at the manual shaft lever
pin with an appropriate tool. Prying or pulling up on any other part of the
range selector cable may result in damage to the range selector
cable .
- Fully lift the adjuster
lock button. Ensure that the adjuster is free to move.
- Place the transmission manual shaft lever in (N) Neutral. In order
to find (N) Neutral, rotate the lever fully counterclockwise to (P)
Park, and then clockwise 2 clicks into (N) Neutral.
- Place the gear shifter inside the car to the (N) Neutral position.
- If adjusting a column shift vehicle, rotate the shift lever to
the LOW 1 position, fully down. Push forward and upward slowly past the first
click, which is overdrive, until it stops solidly at the second click.
It is in (N) Neutral.
- Underhood, grasp the range selector cable terminal and pull it
toward the pin on the manual shaft lever. The range selector cable adjuster
spring should compress as the terminal is moved toward the pin.
- Attach the pin to the lever by pushing down carefully until it
snaps.
Do not pull the terminal beyond the pin and then push back. This action
could move the shifter out of (N) Neutral.
- Press the adjuster lock
button down flush with the adjuster body.
- Shift to (P) Park and release the parking brake while applying
the service brake.
- Start the engine and assure all of the indicated gear positions
match the vehicle response.