The kiss my ass comment was for the car, just to clarify.
I saw your thread with the same type of issue. I replaced the cable, but the coupler at the tranny was the wrong pitch and the the one at the speed was too tight to slide all the way to the clip. Took the couplers from the old cable and crimped them on the new.
I'm gonna start a thread and list all the brands that say their parts fit and don't even come close, because holy shit have I gone through alot.