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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 Select Cable Bracket Bolts Tightening Torque
    G07680022Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  2. Install the select cable to the shifter arm.
  3. Install the plate assembly to transmission.

    Tightening torque: 

    T: 25 N.m (2.5 kgf-m, 18.4 ft-lb) 

    Fig 2: Identifying Plate Assembly Bolts Tightening Torque
    G07680023Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  4. Install the washer and snap pin to the shifter arm.
    Fig 3: Identifying Washer, Snap Pin And Shifter Arm
    G07680024Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  5. Install new clamp paying attention to the installing direction.
    Fig 4: Identifying Clamp Installing Direction
    G07680025Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  6. Insert the tip of inner cable into connector hole of select lever, and fix the cable to bracket.
    Fig 5: Fixing Cable To Bracket
    G07680026Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  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. < Ref. to INSTALLATION , Heat Shield Cover. >
  9. Install the front exhaust pipe, (non-turbo model) < Ref. to INSTALLATION , Front Exhaust Pipe. >
  10. Install the center exhaust pipe (rear), (turbo model) < Ref. to INSTALLATION , Center Exhaust Pipe. >
  11. Lower the vehicle.
  12. Connect the battery ground terminal.