Shifter M/T: Service and Repair
A: REMOVAL1. Remove gear shift knob.
2. Remove front cover.
3. Remove console boot.
4. Remove boot plate from body.
5. Remove rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
CAUTION: When removing exhaust pipes, make sure no exhaust pipes drop out.
6. Remove heat shield cover.
7. Remove stay from transmission bracket.
8. Remove rod from joint.
9. Remove cushion rubber from body.
10. Remove joint and then extract straight pin.
11. Remove gear shift lever.
B: DISASSEMBLY
1. Disassemble locking wire.
2. Remove rod from gear shift lever.
3. Remove snap ring from bush D, then disconnect stay.
4. Remove boot from gear shift lever.
5. Remove bush and cushion rubber from stay.
6. Remove O-ring, then disconnect bush D.
7. Draw out straight pin, then remove bush C from gear shift lever.
C: INSPECTION
Check each part (bush A, cushion rubber, spacer, boot, stay and rod, etc.) for deformation, damage and wear. Repair or replace any defective part. Determine defective parts by comparing with new parts.
D: ASSEMBLY
1. Clean all parts before assembly.
2. Mount the bush B and cushion rubber on the stay.
3. Mount each part; boot, O-ring, bush A, spacer, bush B. bush D and straight pin on the gear shift lever.
CAUTION:
^ Always use new O-rings.
^ Apply grease [NIGHT LYW No. 2 or equivalent] to the inner and side surfaces of the bush when installing the spacer.
4. Insert the gear shift lever into the boot hole.
5. Install snap ring and stay to the bush D.
6. Tighten with locking wire to the extent that the boot will not come off.
CAUTION: Always use new locking wire.
7. Insert the rod into the boot hole.
8. Connect rod to gear shift lever.
Tightening torque: 12 ± 3 Nm (1.2 ± 0.3 kg-m, 8.7 ± 2.2 ft. lbs.)
9. Check the swing torque of the rod in relation to the gear shift lever.
Rocking torque: 0.74 ± 0.25 Nm (0.075 ± 0.025 kg-m, 0.54 ± 0.18 ft. lbs.) or less
10. Check that there is no excessive play and that parts move smoothly.
E: INSTALLATION
1. Install the joint to the transmission and secure with the straight pin.
2. Insert gear shift lever from room side.
NOTE: After inserting rod and stay, temporarily put them onto transmission mount.
3. Mount cushion rubber on the body.
Tightening torque: 18 ± 5 Nm (1.8 ± 0.5 kg-m, 13.0 ± 3.6 ft. lbs.)
4. Connect rod to the joint.
Tightening torque: 18 ± 5 Nm (1.8 ± 0.5 kg-m, 13.0 ± 3.6 ft. lbs.)
5. Connect stay to transmission bracket.
Tightening torque: 18 ± 5 Nm (1.8 ± 0.5 kg-m, 13.0 ±3.6 ft. lbs.)
6. Install heat shield cover.
7. Install rear exhaust pipe to muffler.
Tightening torque: 18 ± 5 Nm (1.8 ± 0.5 kg-m, 13.0 ± 3.6 ft. lbs.)
8. Mount boot plate on body.
Tightening torque: 4.5 ± 1.5 Nm (0.46 ± 0.15 kg-m, 3.3 ± 1.1 ft. lbs.)
9. Install front cover, console boot and gear shift knob.