Selector Lever Cable, Removing And Installing: Removing

Fig 1: Unclipping Mounting Frame For Selector Lever Boot From Center Console

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-- Press the button on the electro-mechanical parking brake to activate it.

-- Move the selector lever into "D".

-- Pry the selector lever boot frame -1- out of the center console -arrows- using the Trim Removal Wedge 3409.

-- Insert the Socket And Key T40031 through the opening -arrow- in the selector mechanism and loosen the bolt on the selector lever cable approximately one turn.

Fig 2: Loosening Bolt On Selector Lever Cable One Turn Using Socket T40031

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-- Remove the left front muffler. Refer to FRONT EXHAUST PIPE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING for 2.0L, engine codes CAED, CAEB, CPMB, CPMA, or FRONT MUFFLER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING for 3.2L, engine code CALA .

-- Remove the bolts -arrows- and remove the driveshaft heat shield -1-.

Fig 3: Driveshaft Heat Shield

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-- Loosen the nuts -arrows- and remove the heat shield -1-.

Fig 4: Identifying Heat Shield & Bolts

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-- Remove the ball socket -1- on the selector lever cable from the selector shaft lever using the Pry Lever 80-200.

Fig 5: Ball Socket And Securing Clips

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-- Press the securing clips -2- off and remove the selector lever cable from the transmission.

-- Remove the four lock washers -1-.

Fig 6: Identifying Sound Insulation And Lock Washers

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-- Remove the noise insulation -2- and slide it forward.

-- Remove the circlip -1- from the selector lever cable.

Fig 7: Identifying Selector Lever Cable Retaining Clip Sideways & Selector Lever Cable From Shift Mechanism

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-- Remove the selector lever cable -2- from the selector mechanism.