Transmission Range Switch And Control Cable Adjustment

2007 Mitsubishi Outlander LS, FWDSECTION Transmission Range Switch And Control Cable Adjustment
  1. Set the selector lever to the "N" position.
    Fig 1: Identifying Transaxle Control Cable And Manual Control Lever Adjusting Nut
    G04871134Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.
  2. Loosen the control cable to the manual control lever adjusting nut to free the cable and lever.
  3. Set the manual control lever to the neutral position.
    Fig 2: Identifying Transmission Range Switch Body Mounting Bolts And Manual Control Lever
    G04871137Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.
  4. Loosen the transmission range switch body mounting bolts and turn the park/neutral position switch body so the hole in the end of the manual control lever and the hole (section A - A in the figure on the left) in the flange of the transmission range switch body flange are aligned.
    NOTE: The transmission range switch body can be aligned by inserting a 5-mm diameter steel bar into the end hole of the manual control lever and the flange hole of the transmission range switch body.
  5. Tighten the transmission range switch body mounting bolts to the specified torque. Be careful at this time that the switch body does not move.

    Tightening torque: 5.9 Β± 1.0 N.m (52 Β± 9 in-lb)Β 

  6. Tighten the transaxle control cable using the adjusting nut with the specified torque.

    Tightening torque: 9.5 Β± 3.5 N.m (84 Β± 31 in-lb)Β 

  7. Check that the selector lever is in the N position.
  8. Check that each position of the manual control lever matches each position of the selector lever using scan tool MB991958 (M.U.T.-III sub assembly).
    Fig 3: Identifying Transaxle Control Cable And Manual Control Lever Adjusting Nut
    G04871134Courtesy of MITSUBISHI MOTOR SALES OF AMERICA.
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