OEM 2006 Toyota Solara Shift Cable

2006 Toyota Solara Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to Service and Repair the Shift Cable on 2006 Toyota Solara?

  A: The first step to service the transmission control cable assembly demands disconnecting the negative terminal of the battery. Start by removing the instrument panel safety pad sub-assembly, pending the amounts of air conditioning radiator assembly, center Air Bag sensor assembly, air cleaner assembly, and intake air resonator sub-assembly. Disconnect shift cable grommet retainer No. 2 by removing the 2 bolts, then remove the floor shift cable transmission control shift by following these steps: remove the nut from the control shaft lever, disconnect the control cable from the control shaft lever, remove the clip and disconnect the control cable from the control cable bracket, disconnect the control cable from the control cable clamp, disconnect the floor shift cable from the transmission floor shift assembly, pull out the control cable from the body, and remove the shift cable grommet retainer No. 2. Inspection requires smooth P to R shifting under brake pedal press while ignition is on followed by N to D forward movement and R rearward movement tests. Apply the following procedure to make adjustments: firstly loosen the control shaft lever nut then press the control shaft fully downward followed by moving the control shaft lever two notches to position N while pushing the control cable end up with the shift lever at N position to install it on the control shaft lever before nut torquing to 15 Nm (1150 kgf-cm, 11 ft. lbs.). When tightening the control nut maintain proper extension of the control cable. Test the proper forward and reverse movements of the vehicle after engine start-up. The installation process requires that you insert the control cable into the body then install and torque the shift cable grommet retainer No. 2 with two bolts reaching 5.0 Nm (50 kgf-cm, 43 inch lbs.). The center Air Bag sensor assembly should be reinstalled along with the air conditioning radiator assembly according to the required shift lever position adjustments and inspections. The installation process ends with the intake air resonator sub-assembly and air cleaner assembly as well as the battery negative terminal reinstallation before initialization occurs.