need assistance, broken shifter cable end (2001 neon)

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:17 am

okay i have an issue, the main cable that connects to the bottom of the manual shifter on my wifes neon ... has busted ... the plastic housing on the end of the cable that would support the bushing is in about 15 peices ...

i am close to 800 miles away right now on job training ... so i can not look at it directly ...

is this still a job that requires the entire shifter cables to be replaced? ....

or are there repair kits that replace that part now? ...

need help with part numbers or links to what i am looking for so i can get it ordered and repair it when i get back next week.

OB · Post by OB » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:29 am

Definitely not repairable, you'll need a new cable. I'm 99.9% sure they don't sell the linkages separately too, which means you're buying both. Dealer only item IIRC. I'll wait for others to chime in about the part number. Did you check the PN section?

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:33 am

looking through that right now to see if i can find it ...

i am getting her to send me some pics now on my cell phone so i can make for sure it is the cable end and not the bushing ... but it sounds like the bushing from what she said ...

whatever it ends up being i need to get it ordered so the part will be there by the time i get home so i can get the car up and running again so she doesn't loose her job.

OB · Post by OB » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:41 am

Those bushings blow out all the time, it's super common. Hopefully that's what it is, in which case you should order up some Boogers. They won't wear out, and they make the shifter feel much more solid, without any change in effort or anything.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:02 am

boogers is what is in there now ... along with an ummm madddog shifter i think it is? been a while since i ordered it ...

but all that was put in close to 3 to 4 years ago

OB · Post by OB » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:40 am

Eh, then I'm gonna bet on it being the plastic housing for sure then, boogers don't break.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:44 am

i have had a pair of boogers break already .... but normally get several years out of them first....

OB · Post by OB » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:46 am

You broke Boogers? Breaking them when removing them doesn't count

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:48 am

no not from removing them ... just from the heat and such breaking em down after a while in the engine compartment ... would be the first ones to go out on the shifter ... having to wait till morning time so she can send me a better photo... but i am thinking that may be what it is ... at least i hope it is....

OB · Post by OB » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:50 am

Wow man I don't think I've ever heard of someone going through more than one set of Boogers. Let's hope for the unlikely chance that it happened again!

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:54 am

well technically the ones on the shifter are still part of the first set ... which may have been bad i dont know hah ... they are from 2001 - 02 ...

but i hope its just the bushing

JeffB#2 · Post by **JeffB#2** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:02 am

OB wrote:Wow man I don't think I've ever heard of someone going through more than one set of Boogers. Let's hope for the unlikely chance that it happened again!

Me either.

They don't melt that easily. Other parts under the hood will melt first. Nothing else you'll find under the hood will attack them. Polyurethane is resistant to most chemicals.

I got your email. Priority Mail sent out on Monday is about the best I can do.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:07 am

that is fine by me then ... the last one it happened to didn't really melt ... was more of a crack and crumble i just figured it was the weather... or just the very rare piece ...

i will know for sure tomorrow if it is bushing or cable end

JeffB#2 · Post by **JeffB#2** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:10 am

If I need to do something I'll need to know before 6AM Monday before I go to work.
If there's a molding problem with one I'll replace it, no issues with that.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:12 am

okay, i will send you whatever photo she sends me .. if it is relating to the bushings ... that will be Sunday

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:58 am

You can repair the ends, however it takes some tools to do.

I don't know if there is much info here, but over the on the org you can look up Kyles cable ends.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:17 pm

i lucked out ... it is just the bushing ... fixing to send you an email Jeff...

and i just wanted to add this in case anyone else finds this thread while searching...

it looks like it may have worked loose some (or may not have been pressed in place fully when i put in the shifter a few years ago) and finally just got destroyed from her driving it around and not telling me that the shifter felt sloppy ....

i am in no way trying to state that your bushings failed .... because i still beleive that the last one i had to replace was because my battery was overcharging and the fluid inside it leaked out onto the bushing and eroded it ... and i am willing to say that it may be i rushed installing it ....