Shifter Cable adjustment

[Andrew Reynolds]

I have a 99 Suburban and I have done an LS Swap to a 6.0. I am finishing up all the little stuff and have run into an issue. The gear selector cable seems to be too long now by about 1/4 inch. When Truck is in park and so is the transmission. I see where the cable goes up through the floor and cant see any adjustable areas. Is there an adjustment to be had?

Thanks

 

[Jglew82]

There's an adjustment on the cable end where it attaches to the transmission shift lever. Slide the locking clip forward, pop the white locking clip up, and adjust cable by lengthening or shortening according to where you need it. Drop the shift lever into neutral, and move the transmission lever by hand into neutral as well, then they should be aligned. Push the locking clip back down and verify. Repeat as necessary.

 

[Andrew Reynolds]

There's an adjustment on the cable end where it attaches to the transmission shift lever. Slide the locking clip forward, pop the white locking clip up, and adjust cable by lengthening or shortening according to where you need it. Drop the shift lever into neutral, and move the transmission lever by hand into neutral as well, then they should be aligned. Push the locking clip back down and verify. Repeat as necessary.

Thank you I will try this tonight

 

[Andrew Reynolds]

Thank you I will try this tonight

There's an adjustment on the cable end where it attaches to the transmission shift lever. Slide the locking clip forward, pop the white locking clip up, and adjust cable by lengthening or shortening according to where you need it. Drop the shift lever into neutral, and move the transmission lever by hand into neutral as well, then they should be aligned. Push the locking clip back down and verify. Repeat as necessary.

Well, I went to adjust it and it was already in as far as it would go, in park or neutral it is off by about 1/4 inch. Picture

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[skylark]

Well, I went to adjust it and it was already in as far as it would go, in park or neutral it is off by about 1/4 inch. Picture

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That shift arm should be pointed towards the transmission. Flip it around and I bet it works.

 

[Jglew82]

That shift arm should be pointed towards the transmission. Flip it around and I bet it works.

Yep, good catch. Super common oversight when r&r’ing trans. This should fix it, OP.

 

[Andrew Reynolds]

That shift arm should be pointed towards the transmission. Flip it around and I bet it works.

Ahh so ball in not out, I will try that today. Musta flipped it when replacing the range switch

 

[Andrew Reynolds]

Just an update, I flipped the shifter bracket and boom it was perfect. Thanks for the help !!!

 

[someotherguy]

That shift arm should be pointed towards the transmission. Flip it around and I bet it works.

Yup. Edge of the pan rail almost gets in the way when popping it loose; makes it easy to remember. And man that little plastic barrel inside the cable end sure does get brittle and stupid easy to break when removing/reinstalling... be careful! There are repair kits out there but they're like $20+ and very unlikely to be in stock somewhere convenient so you gotta order it. In the meantime, a medium size black binder clip works wonders, believe it or not.

Richard