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Select Cable: Installation

  1. Position the select cable as shown in the figure, and install it to the plate assembly.
    CAUTION:
    • If the cable is installed in the wrong direction, loosen the bracket bolts, and then reinstall the cable in the correct direction.
    • Do not forcibly turn the cable (wire side) to align the direction correctly.

    Tightening torque: 

    T: 18 N.m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft-lb) 

    Fig 1: Identifying Select Cable Bolts
    G10267840Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  2. Install the select cable to the shifter arm.
  3. Install the plate assembly.

    Tightening torque: 

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

    Fig 2: Identifying Select Cable And Plate Assembly
    G10267841Courtesy 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
    G10267842Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  5. Install new clamp paying attention to the installing direction.
    Fig 4: Installing Clamp Paying
    G10267843Courtesy 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: Inserting Inner Cable Tip Into Select Lever Connector Hole
    G08550615Courtesy 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 center exhaust cover.

    Tightening torque: 

    18 N.m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.3 ft-lb) 

  9. Install the center exhaust pipe (rear). <Ref. to INSTALLATION , Center Exhaust Pipe.>
  10. Lower the vehicle.
  11. Connect the ground terminal to battery sensor. <Ref. to BATTERY , NOTE, Note.>