Mopar 4668268 Transmission Gearshift Control Cable

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For any hard shifting, it is recommended that the cable be disconnected at the transaxle then shift the car using the shifter located in the driver seat; if the shift lever glides through all the positions easily with the cable disconnected then the cable maybe adjusted. To change out the shift cable one must lift up the hood as well as place a blanket over the left fender. Take out the air filter housing, battery and the battery tray also remove the shift cable from the shift lever using two flat blade screwdrivers in order to dismantle it. Pull the shift cable away from the bracket, then, as for inside the vehicle, take out the shift knob set screw and shift knob. Then, unbolt the center console, as well as the gearshift indicator lamp in the shift trim bezel, and then the screws of the latter. With a flat-blade screw drive, the electrical shift cable end should be removed from the shift lever pin and the cable conduit end pulled gently from the shift mechanism. Plastic nut/screw that holds the grommet plate to the floor pan then raise the car on jack stands and uninstall the catalytic converter heat shield. Last, undo the fastener of the last grommet plate and pull the cable from the vehicle. If the installation, go under the hood to fit the shift cable in the bracket which is used for the shift lever post and tight it to fix it in its place. Check if the shift lever is in the park position; if yes, install the shift lever on the shifter boot through the floor pan passing through the boot shifter cable. Put the plate-to-floorpan fasteners in place, lower the car, and fix the end of shift cable to the shift lever pin. The rest of the installation procedure is the reverse of the removal and fine-tune the shift cable. In the cabin of the car screw the shift knob set screw and knob, shift the gear shift lever to the Park position on the gear shift and screws the gear shift cable adjustment screw. The shift lever should be in the Park position and located at the transaxle; shift to the Park position, lock the rearmost gearbox synchro pin, apply the brake pedal to lock the differential, and pull on the shift lever while revolving the vehicle around in circles to make sure the park sprag is engaged. On the center console, locate the shift cable adjustment screw and rotate it clockwise to draw it tighter, after which install the center console back into the vehicle and give the shift a test to ensure that it does not bind during operation and the engine can only start while in the Park or Neutral tranny gears. At last, just put the transaxle in all gears to check the cable operation and then adjuts if needed.

One should not do this process when the vehicle's engine is hot, mainly because all the parts one will be interacting with are well, hot, and this can at best lead to severe burns. When hard shifting, unbolt the cable at the transaxle and work the shifter on the driver's side; when the shifter glides through all its positions without the cable connected, modify the cable accordingly. To replace the shift cable, lift the hood and cover the left fender with a blanket in order to prevent a scratch. Have the air filter housing and the battery including the battery tray as its components dismantled. Switch off the car and turn it off ,then in the engine compartment with the help of two flat blade screwdrivers unlock the shift cable from the shift lever then from the bracket. Inside the vehicle you then have to take out the shift knob set screw and the knob from the shifter and also the center console. Disconnect the gearshift indicator lamp and take out the shift trim bezel screws and the trim together with the lamp. Be very gentle in removing the shift cable end on the shift lever mounting stud and take the conduit end away from the housing. Take out the grommet plate-to-floor-pan bolts, jack the car up on scissor jack stands and remove the catalytic converter heat shield and the intermediate pipe heat shield from below. In the passenger compartment, the last of the grommet plate fasteners is then eliminated, and the cable is pulled out of the car. For installation, begin by its installation of shift cable on the bracket that is in the engine compartment then fitting it securely in the shift lever post. Check that the shift lever is in park, raise the car again and thread it through to the floor pan and up through to the shifter. After that fit the grommet plate-to-floorpan fasteners and drop the vehicle, then attach the shift cable to the shift lever pin. The rest of the installation is done in the reverse of how it was removed and then fine-tune the shift cable as desired. To adjust it is necessary to take off the knob set screw and the knob from the shifter and take off the center console. Shift the shift lever to the Park position, back off the gearshift cable adjustment screw , and have the shift lever at the transaxle in the Park position as to engage the park sprag. Tighten the shift cable adjustment screw then replaces the center console, and test shift lever, it should move freely with no binding and the engine should only start when the gear shift is in Park or Neutral position. Last of all, engage the transaxle into all the gear to ensure that the cable is in good condition to move and once again make the necessary readjustment.

Take out the grommet plate-to-floorpan fasteners, then remove the air filter housing assembly and the battery along with the battery tray.

Two flat blade screwdrivers are needed to carefully pry the crossover and selector cables from the shifter levers.