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Select Cable: Installation

  1. Install the select cable to plate assembly.

    Tightening torque: 

    18 N.m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft-lb) 

    Fig 1: Identifying Plate Assembly Bolts
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  2. Install the select cable to range select lever.
  3. Install the plate assembly to transmission.

    Tightening torque: 

    T: 24.5 N.m (2.5 kgf-m, 18.1 ft-lb) 

    • 4AT
      Fig 2: Identifying Select Cable And Plate Assembly (4AT)
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    • 5AT
      Fig 3: Identifying Select Cable And Plate Assembly (5AT)
      G05666138Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  4. Install the washer and snap pin to range select lever.
    • 4AT
      Fig 4: Identifying Washer, Snap Pin And Range Select Lever (4AT)
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    • 5AT
      Fig 5: Identifying Washer, Snap Pin And Range Select Lever (5AT)
      G05666140Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  5. Install new clamp paying attention to the installing direction.
    Fig 6: Identifying Clamp
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  6. Insert the tip of inner cable into connector hole of select lever, and fix the cable to bracket.
    Fig 7: Identifying Tip Of Inner Cable Into Connector Hole
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  7. Shift the select lever to the "N" range, and then adjust the select cable position. < Ref. to ADJUSTMENT  , Select Cable . >
  8. Install the heat shield cover.
    Fig 8: Identifying Heat Shield Cover
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  9. Install the front, center and rear exhaust pipes, and the muffler. (SOHC and DOHC non-turbo model)
  10. Install the center, rear exhaust pipes and the muffler. (DOHC turbo model)

    < Refer to INSTALLATION , Center Exhaust Pipe. > < Refer to INSTALLATION , Rear Exhaust Pipe. > < Refer to INSTALLATION , Muffler. >