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Re: Transmission cable won't retract 200 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be Neal on  Thu Dec 14 02:07 CST 2000 [RELATED]

It sounds like the cable will retract a little, but not all the way. The best way to lube up the cable is to remove it from the throttle pulley and from the bracket that holds the kickown cable in place. Make a mark on the threads of the cable before you remove the nuts to designate the original position of the nuts that hold the cable to the bracket. Once that's done, hold the cable end up in the air and shoot some WD40 down the sheath. Push and pull the cable. If you can feel the cable start to free up, repeat this procedure until it snaps back after pulling it out. Reinstall the cable and adjust the nuts' positions as necessary.

It sounds like you will need to replace the cable sometime soon, but this may get you through to some warmer weather.

When my kickdown cable was stuck, I tried shooting lubricant down the cable with it mounted to the bracket. Most of the lube ran out onto the intake manifold. Definitely more of a pain to remove the cable, but more juice gets down into the sheath. Good luck





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