'tis the season of clutches here at Cool Tech. We have 3 GT's in the shop all of which are getting new clutches among other things. I thought I would share something that we see common across all 3 of the cars - and, no doubt present on your car as well. It's something that you can invest $.15 in right now or postpone until you'll need to invest hundreds of dollars to correct later.
A picture is worth a 1000 words so here you go...
Notice that there is a casting ridge in the top center of the transaxle. One of the shifter cables (the one controlling North/South shifter movement) lies right on top of that ridge. Compounding the problem is that our transaxles run at what I'd say is an abnormally high temperature. This sharp-edged casting rib combined with the high heat serve to cut through the protective shielding of the shifter cable. On all 3 of the cars here now, the wear is through the plastic sheathing and into the metal underneath. I'm SURE that you car is wearing here too. Fortunately, the fix is both simple and straightforward. Just use a high quality zip tie and pull this cable up a bit to the sway bar. Yes, the sway bar will have some small movement but all of the surfaces are smooth and it WON'T wear through the sheathing of the shifter cable. You might need to remove your rubber intake boot to get your grubby hands down there but it is something that I'd advocate that you do the next time you are tinkering with the GT.
A picture is worth a 1000 words so here you go...
Notice that there is a casting ridge in the top center of the transaxle. One of the shifter cables (the one controlling North/South shifter movement) lies right on top of that ridge. Compounding the problem is that our transaxles run at what I'd say is an abnormally high temperature. This sharp-edged casting rib combined with the high heat serve to cut through the protective shielding of the shifter cable. On all 3 of the cars here now, the wear is through the plastic sheathing and into the metal underneath. I'm SURE that you car is wearing here too. Fortunately, the fix is both simple and straightforward. Just use a high quality zip tie and pull this cable up a bit to the sway bar. Yes, the sway bar will have some small movement but all of the surfaces are smooth and it WON'T wear through the sheathing of the shifter cable. You might need to remove your rubber intake boot to get your grubby hands down there but it is something that I'd advocate that you do the next time you are tinkering with the GT.
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