[Syty] Shift Cable

Mr2879sy at aol.com Mr2879sy at aol.com
Mon Aug 6 16:19:41 CDT 2007


George Blake makes a  replacement cable

CBLAKE3 at cinci.rr.com    
    

it's the only one I would buy

marty-mj
www.sportmachines.com www.syborgtwinturbo.com



In a message dated 8/6/2007 3:24:11 PM Central Daylight Time, 
pbguerlain at att.net writes:

> Can anyone who has the original OEM transmission gearshift cable on their
> Typhoon tell me if it is adjustable or not?  A shop replaced the original
> cable on my '92 Ty with an aftermarket one a couple of months ago and it
> hasn't shifted correctly since, binding up like crazy until the new cable
> broke.  It looks to me like the new cable (Dorman 16662) doesn't fit
> correctly even though it is listed for the application, it appears to be
> about an inch short between the bracket and the arm on the transmission end.
> There is no way to adjust the cable since it has eyelets on both ends and
> neither the cable jacket collets or the brackets have any adjustment either.
> The truck wouldn't go into park so the mechanic bent the bracket towards the
> lever on the trans which helped it go into park but misaligned the cable so
> badly that it was binding and finally broke the eyelet on one end of the new
> cable.  Since I didn't take out the original cable I don't know if it was
> adjustable but I'd like to know if it was.  No one other than Dorman makes
> an aftermarket product for the application.  I'd also like to know if anyone
> else has used the Dorman cable, with or without success.





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