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Select Cable: Adjustment

  1. Shift the select lever to "N" range.
  2. Lift up the vehicle.
  3. Remove the center exhaust pipe (rear). < Ref. to REMOVAL , Center Exhaust Pipe. >
  4. Remove the center exhaust cover.
    Fig 1: Identifying Center Exhaust Cover
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  5. Loosen the adjusting nuts on both sides.
    Fig 2: Identifying Adjusting Nuts
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  6. Turn adjusting nut B until it lightly touches the connector.
    Fig 3: Identifying Connector, Contact Point, Select Lever And Adjusting Nuts
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  7. 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 4: Setting Spanner Wrench To Adjusting Nut B
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  8. After the completion of adjustment, confirm that the select lever operates normally at all ranges.
  9. Installing procedure hereafter is in the reverse order of removal.