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Select Cable: Adjustment

  1. Set the vehicle on a lift.
  2. Set the select lever to "N" range.
  3. Lift-up the vehicle.
  4. Remove the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
  5. Remove the heat shield cover. (If equipped)
  6. Loosen the adjusting nuts on both sides.
    Fig 1: Identifying Adjusting Nuts
    G04993933Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  7. Turn the adjusting nut B until it lightly touches the connector.
    Fig 2: Identifying Adjusting Nut
    G04993934Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  8. Set a spanner wrench to adjusting nut B so that it does not rotate, and then tighten the adjusting nut A.

    Tightening torque: 

    7.5 N.m (0.76 kgf-m, 5.5 ft-lb) 

    Fig 3: Setting Spanner Wrench To Adjusting Nut
    G04993935Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  9. After completion of fitting, make sure that the select lever operates smoothly all across the operating range.
  10. Install in the reverse order of removal.
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