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91 Caravan Tranny Cable
My gear select cable is starting to bind. I understand the connection
at the transmission, but how difficult is it to change out the cable at the shifter end? |
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91 Caravan Tranny Cable
Could it be a motor or tranny mount that's failed? /mark
dprkk wrote: > My gear select cable is starting to bind. I understand the connection > at the transmission, but how difficult is it to change out the cable > at the shifter end? |
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On Nov 30, 11:46*am, Mark F > wrote:
> Could it be a motor or tranny mount that's failed? /mark > > > > dprkk wrote: > > My gear select cable is starting to bind. I understand the connection > > at the transmission, but how difficult is it to change out the cable > > at the shifter end?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Nope, all mounts are new. It's definitely a cable problem. |
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dprkk wrote:
> My gear select cable is starting to bind. I understand the connection > at the transmission, but how difficult is it to change out the cable > at the shifter end? I'm not familiar with that vehicle, but since you haven't gotten any direct replies yet, I'll just say that on other vehicles that have a shifter cable (I'm only personally familiar with the 2nd gen LH cars, whose early shifter cables had a corrosion/binding problem - I've rpelaced the cable on both my Concordes), on the shifter end (I'm assuming yours is a column shifter), you would remove the steering column covers and you would then see some attachment for the cable sheath (might be a clip securing it to a feature or bracket on the column), and a ball joint at the end of the cable itself that needs to be popped off of a rod that is part of or mechanically linked to the shift lever. On floor shifters, it's a matter of removing the shift knob and bezel, then detaching the cable sheath and cable end similar to the column shifter. Sorry to be so general - maybe someone who knows the details of that vehicle will post. -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') |
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On Nov 30, 2:55*pm, Bill Putney > wrote:
> dprkk wrote: > > My gear select cable is starting to bind. I understand the connection > > at the transmission, but how difficult is it to change out the cable > > at the shifter end? > > I'm not familiar with that vehicle, but since you haven't gotten any > direct replies yet, I'll just say that on other vehicles that have a > shifter cable (I'm only personally familiar with the 2nd gen LH cars, > whose early shifter cables had a corrosion/binding problem - I've > rpelaced the cable on both my Concordes), on the shifter end (I'm > assuming yours is a column shifter), you would remove the steering > column covers and you would then see some attachment for the cable > sheath (might be a clip securing it to a feature or bracket on the > column), and a ball joint at the end of the cable itself that needs to > be popped off of a rod that is part of or mechanically linked to the > shift lever. > > On floor shifters, it's a matter of removing the shift knob and bezel, > then detaching the cable sheath and cable end similar to the column shifter. > > Sorry to be so general - maybe someone who knows the details of that > vehicle will post. > > -- > Bill Putney > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my > address with the letter 'x') Bill, thanks for your reply. It's a column shifter. From what you say, it sounds like it may not be that bad after the column covers come off. |
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You do not need to remove the colum covers. the cable attaches to the column
at the base. There is a U clip that can be tricky to deal with but it is not impossible. Use a flat blade screwdriver to pop the cable off of the lever and then use the screwdriver to remove the u clip. from there it is cake. Bryan "dprkk" > wrote in message ... On Nov 30, 2:55 pm, Bill Putney > wrote: > dprkk wrote: > > My gear select cable is starting to bind. I understand the connection > > at the transmission, but how difficult is it to change out the cable > > at the shifter end? > > I'm not familiar with that vehicle, but since you haven't gotten any > direct replies yet, I'll just say that on other vehicles that have a > shifter cable (I'm only personally familiar with the 2nd gen LH cars, > whose early shifter cables had a corrosion/binding problem - I've > rpelaced the cable on both my Concordes), on the shifter end (I'm > assuming yours is a column shifter), you would remove the steering > column covers and you would then see some attachment for the cable > sheath (might be a clip securing it to a feature or bracket on the > column), and a ball joint at the end of the cable itself that needs to > be popped off of a rod that is part of or mechanically linked to the > shift lever. > > On floor shifters, it's a matter of removing the shift knob and bezel, > then detaching the cable sheath and cable end similar to the column > shifter. > > Sorry to be so general - maybe someone who knows the details of that > vehicle will post. > > -- > Bill Putney > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my > address with the letter 'x') Bill, thanks for your reply. It's a column shifter. From what you say, it sounds like it may not be that bad after the column covers come off. |
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Bryan wrote:
> You do not need to remove the colum covers. the cable attaches to the column > at the base. There is a U clip that can be tricky to deal with but it is not > impossible. Use a flat blade screwdriver to pop the cable off of the lever > and then use the screwdriver to remove the u clip. from there it is cake. > > Bryan Thanks for clarifying that, Bryan. -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') |
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