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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dprkk
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Reply to
Mark F

Nope, all mounts are new. It's definitely a cable problem.

Reply to
dprkk

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.

Reply to
Bill Putney

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.

Reply to
dprkk

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

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

Thanks for clarifying that, Bryan.

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Bill Putney

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