Removing and Installing Shift and Selector Cables

Removing and installing shift and selector cables





A Selector cable (blue)
B Shift cable (black)
C Rubber sleeve

Removing shift and selector cables

Note:
^ The shift and selector cables have a common rubber sleeve and can only be replaced together. The shift and selector cables must not be excessively bent.

1. Remove center console.
2. Move shift lever to neutral position and fix with special tool (locking bridge) 9619.
3. Remove shift console cover.





Overview of shift console
A Selector cable (blue)
B Shift cable (black)
C Adjuster open
E Adjuster closed
E Support bracket sleeve
F Locking sleeve

4. Disengage selector cable -A- and shift cable -B- on shift console. To do this, slide the locking sleeve -F- forward as far as it will go and turn it clockwise to removal position.
5. Carefully disengage support bracket sleeves -E- upward out of the shift console. Unlock the support bracket sleeves by pressing in both plastic clips.
6. Remove parking brake console.
7. Remove underbody panels (middle and rear).





8. Use a commercially available removal tool to lever off the shift cable end pieces -B- on the transmission lever.
9. Detach the support bracket sleeves -A- at the support bracket. To do this, unclip the support bracket sleeve and pull it out of the support bracket.





10. Remove transmission support.





11. Bend up the tabs -A- in the vehicle interior at the body opening and press the rubber sleeve outward through the body opening.
12. Press the shift and selector cables downward through the body opening. To do this, carefully press the support bracket sleeves through the body opening and pull the B+ wire out of the slotted rubber sleeve.

Installing shift and selector cables

Note:
^ Each time the shift cables are removed from the transmission lever, the retaining clips of the shift cable end pieces must be replaced.

1. Apply a generous coating of lubricant (e.g. Contifix tire mounting paste) on the rubber sleeve and B+ wire in the area of the body opening.





2. Push shift and selector cables -C- through the body opening from behind.
3. Insert B+ wire -A- into the slot of the rubber sleeve -B- and press sleeve into the body opening.
4. Clip support bracket sleeves into the support bracket.
5. Fasten shift cable end pieces on the shift lever.
6. Install transmission support.
Tightening torque: 65 Nm (48 ft. lbs.)
7. Fit underbody panels (middle and rear).
8. Bend tabs in the vehicle interior downward so that the rubber sleeve can no longer slip out of place.
9. Install parking brake console.
Tightening torque: 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.)
10. Check function of parking brake and adjust it if necessary.

Note:
^ The shift and selector cables are routed underneath the console.





11. Insert the support brackets -E- in the shift console. It must be possible to hear and feel the support brackets engage.
A Selector cable (blue)
B Shift cable (black)
C Adjuster open
E Adjuster closed
E Support bracket sleeve
12. Engage the shift cable -B- and selector cable -A- in the open adjusters -C- and close the adjusters. The locking sleeves on the adjuster must move to the end position automatically.
13. Remove special tool (locking bridge) 9619 and shift through all gears as a test.
14. Clip in shift console cover.
15. Install center console.