Info needed on cable shift 901, Someone splain to me in Big Bird terms Options

[mrdezyne]

Lots of good info out there on cable shifters for the 901 and 930 transaxles. I've been trying to keep up with most of them, but I'm having trouble visualizing what has to happen at the tail end of a side shift 901. I've seen several brackets and how the cables are connected but I still don't have a clear picture. Can someone in the know help provide a little insight? Please use small words and lots of pictures.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Let cable shift 101 begin....

[Dave_Darling]

You need two cables, both of which are push-pull cables (they push on the moving bits as well as pull on them). One cable has to pull the thing that comes out of the transmission forward-and aft. That gives you the same movement as moving the gear shift forward and aft.

The other cable has to move the thing that comes out of the transmission in and out of the transmission case. That gives you the same movement as moving the gear shift lever left and right.

If you unhook the gear shift linkage from the transmission, you'll see what I mean about the movement. The part that sticks into the transmission can be slid in and out, and the knob end of it can be moved fore and aft.

What you have to do with the cables is set them up so that each cable moves that part in the correct direction. That's easy for the fore-and-aft part, but the in-and-out movement is tougher to do. That's mostly because the motion you're trying to make goes left and down, so the cable would have to run left and down--and it would probably get very close to the ground! If you want to avoid this (which you probably do, because it would suck to have a rock or piece of debris take out your shifter!) then you have to set up some other way of converting a cable push and pull motion to a gear selector thingie sliding in and out motion. Which is where it gets complicated...

It's actually easier, I believe, on a tail-shifter. The sliding in and out actually goes straight out to the side, which means the cable doesn't have to go close to the ground.

--DD