I've recently replaced my throttle and shifter cables that were ordered from this web site. We had to drop the binnacle to do the job. Once adjusted properly, after a few movements of the shifter, it stops going into forward gear. I don't want to drop the binnacle again if there's a work around.
I've seen others in the past, lower the binnacle to get enough room to slide the plastic cable retainer out the top in order to release the old throttle and shifter cables and it's such a pain removing the steering cables from the quadrant so the binnacle can be lowered enough to create the cable slack to pull the plastic cable retaining bar out of the binnacle.
I'm curious why it is necessary to drop the binnacle.
If the cables are detached from the trans shifter and the throttle lever on the engine, there should be enough slack to remove the plastic cable retaining bar up out of the binnacle without all that hassle of dropping the binnacle. It is such a pain to reattach the shifter cable retainer to the trans shift lever, I'm reluctant to try that unless I know for sure it can be done without dropping the binnacle.
I'm also considering buying longer cables than required in the future to permit the slack to do this without having to disconnect everything from the trans and engine.
What I'm trying to do right now is to see if the plastic cable retainer in the binnacle is broken and failing to hold the shifter cable in place because every time I adjust the shifter cable so that I can properly go into forward and reverse gears, after a few movements, it stops going into forward.
It seems like the outer cable housing is not tight in either the plastic cable retainer in the binnacle or at the trans connector. From what I can see, both are tight and not moving, so I gotta pull the plastic cable retainer out to be absolutely sure it's not cracked. If it's not broken, I don't know why after adjusting it perfectly for forward and reverse, it later won't allow enough travel to go into forward afterwards. I'm stumped.
It's also very difficult to get the plastic cable retainer out of the top of the binnacle (Compass removed) past the steering wheel shaft so I can then pull the cotter pin out of the retainer to separate the cables.
You have to have done this job to understand my three questions.
1) Is dropping the binnacle a requirement?
2) After each adjustment, why/how is it getting out of adjustment again?
3) Would longer cables make this job easier in the future.
Please be kind. This is not a task that one does often, and luck seems to play a big part.
I've seen others in the past, lower the binnacle to get enough room to slide the plastic cable retainer out the top in order to release the old throttle and shifter cables and it's such a pain removing the steering cables from the quadrant so the binnacle can be lowered enough to create the cable slack to pull the plastic cable retaining bar out of the binnacle.
I'm curious why it is necessary to drop the binnacle.
If the cables are detached from the trans shifter and the throttle lever on the engine, there should be enough slack to remove the plastic cable retaining bar up out of the binnacle without all that hassle of dropping the binnacle. It is such a pain to reattach the shifter cable retainer to the trans shift lever, I'm reluctant to try that unless I know for sure it can be done without dropping the binnacle.
I'm also considering buying longer cables than required in the future to permit the slack to do this without having to disconnect everything from the trans and engine.
What I'm trying to do right now is to see if the plastic cable retainer in the binnacle is broken and failing to hold the shifter cable in place because every time I adjust the shifter cable so that I can properly go into forward and reverse gears, after a few movements, it stops going into forward.
It seems like the outer cable housing is not tight in either the plastic cable retainer in the binnacle or at the trans connector. From what I can see, both are tight and not moving, so I gotta pull the plastic cable retainer out to be absolutely sure it's not cracked. If it's not broken, I don't know why after adjusting it perfectly for forward and reverse, it later won't allow enough travel to go into forward afterwards. I'm stumped.
It's also very difficult to get the plastic cable retainer out of the top of the binnacle (Compass removed) past the steering wheel shaft so I can then pull the cotter pin out of the retainer to separate the cables.
You have to have done this job to understand my three questions.
1) Is dropping the binnacle a requirement?
2) After each adjustment, why/how is it getting out of adjustment again?
3) Would longer cables make this job easier in the future.
Please be kind. This is not a task that one does often, and luck seems to play a big part.
