Just got my GN back together, went to put it into reverse and the darn shift cable broke...ok, cable probably old etc, anyhow, the only place in OKC that has a shifter cable in stock is O'Reilly's, everyone else has to order one in. So I go pick up the cable, install it that night and after a couple of shifts, the cable by the shifter starts unraveling in the cable and I can't shift back into park
Fast forward to the next day, take the cable back to O'Reilly's get another cable that has a good amount of wharehouse dust on the box, get home, install the cable, go out for a spin..get home, and once again refuses to go into park, take the cable out, but this time the plastic sleeve seperated from the cable and the crimp connector has slid off, so that explains why it won't shift. I figure easy repair, I glue the outer shield to the main cable and re-crimp the connector, put the cable back on and it works like a champ. Been driving it a couple of days and I'm happy.
Tonight, I thought I'd take the GN out and get some miles on my new rebuild, back out of the garage, go to put it into park, and it ain't happening. I can't repeat what I said, so use your imagination. I take the cable out again (gett'n real good at this) and just like the first one, the cable starts fraying by the shifter.
Before I installed both cables, I pre-bent the cable into the "S" shape and the cable moved freely. If you manually shift the trans from the bottom, nothing is binding, everything moves freely. I checked the mount that holds the cable on the trans, everything lines up perfect.
Am I doing something wrong, or am I dealing with POS cables? Would Ibe better off to order the GM cable or try Advance?
Thanks
Steve


Fast forward to the next day, take the cable back to O'Reilly's get another cable that has a good amount of wharehouse dust on the box, get home, install the cable, go out for a spin..get home, and once again refuses to go into park, take the cable out, but this time the plastic sleeve seperated from the cable and the crimp connector has slid off, so that explains why it won't shift. I figure easy repair, I glue the outer shield to the main cable and re-crimp the connector, put the cable back on and it works like a champ. Been driving it a couple of days and I'm happy.
Tonight, I thought I'd take the GN out and get some miles on my new rebuild, back out of the garage, go to put it into park, and it ain't happening. I can't repeat what I said, so use your imagination. I take the cable out again (gett'n real good at this) and just like the first one, the cable starts fraying by the shifter.
Before I installed both cables, I pre-bent the cable into the "S" shape and the cable moved freely. If you manually shift the trans from the bottom, nothing is binding, everything moves freely. I checked the mount that holds the cable on the trans, everything lines up perfect.
Am I doing something wrong, or am I dealing with POS cables? Would Ibe better off to order the GM cable or try Advance?
Thanks
Steve