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Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:23 pm
by BerettaGTchick
I bought them off Amazon...yea I know lol. I was out of options cause I couldn't find a set anywhere in the junkyards till after I bought these lol

http://www.amazon.com/Dorman-16654-Tech ... M/ref=pd_1

That was the cable I needed since the other one was fine, but then I changed both when we went with the other type of cables since they were easier to find.

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:03 pm
by DOHC_tuner
finally had a chance to look at her and I found this

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Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:00 am
by DTMAce
Yep. Broken cable. Though it looks like the outer housing is damaged, more than the inner, but then I have no real clue, never really had one of these to drive and work on, outside of the POS 94 base 2.2 with the Isuzu. As noted in the thread, there are members with some to sell.

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:46 pm
by DOHC_tuner
Okay guys I managed to removed that inferior shift cable. I was lucky enough to make the decision of removing the carpet and leaving it like that. Made the job easier.

Well Im going to the junkyard for now to get a replacment tommorow. What are my options so I dont have to do this every six months?

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:57 pm
by DTMAce
Have you ever greased them at all? Make sure there are no pinch points or sharp angles? Hell I don't know. lol

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:01 am
by 3X00-Modified
don't let a stereo shop take your car out for a joy ride... lol...

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:25 pm
by DOHC_tuner
I do plan to grease them, but wat my question is wat cables can I swap over to that are more durable?

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:51 pm
by Barry
Unfortunatly that is a break that you cant really avoid with any other stock beretta cables. They are aluminum collars crimped to a steel cable housing. I wanted to weld mine but obviuosly couldnt. I broke a cable the same way.

You can modify and use cables from almost any other fwd car. I started to build a sick shifter setup with a civic shifter, h22 cables, ball bearing ends, etc. But lost interest in fwd all together.

Can you fabricate? Almost every import shifter out there is better than our shifters and other GM crap.

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:42 pm
by DOHC_tuner
Can I fab? Have you seen my Hurst shifter on the GTZ? I just need directon is all. I like to do the work myself rather than pay someone to do it. I like to learn.

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:59 pm
by DOHC_tuner
Okay I just got back from the junkyard and no luck.....I even tried finding an LGO equiped Pontiac.

So If you got a good one for sale that will fit my 1990 GTZ...please PM me

I found this on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dorman-Techoice ... 1259wt_931

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:36 pm
by DOHC_tuner
Well I called autozone and they can speacial order a shift selector cable...so I will go that route and see how it goes. I thought they were no longer available???

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:05 am
by 3X00-Modified
As many have posted and also the link above, Dorman is still making them, but many people say the quality is crap and they break quicker than factory cables do.

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:54 am
by Barry
Generally dorman parts suck

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:40 pm
by Money pit Beretta
DOHC_tuner wrote:I do plan to grease them, but wat my question is wat cables can I swap over to that are more durable?
Is this one of those times when Booger Bushings would help? As for the cables post it up if you get them, many here have asked about them.

Re: No 5th gear or reverse!

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:44 pm
by 88_GTU
Nah, it looks like his actual cable is ripped, not the ends. Those booger bushings are awesome tho.