Help! Reverse lock out cable broke.

Sti-lysh · 06-05-2006, 03:32 PM

Guys i have the cobb double adjustable short throw shifter and was having problems with the knob not returnung back to its normal position. I get under the car and trace the cable it was worn by the driveshaft. Has anyone else experienced this prob them with the cobb shifter. How much are replacement cables?

RBMike · 06-05-2006, 03:42 PM

Did you tie up the cable per instructions (under the car)? This will happen if you did not.

Sti-lysh · 06-05-2006, 03:44 PM

i did not how ever i dont remeber reading anyhting about tieing up the cable underneath

Sti-lysh · 06-05-2006, 04:00 PM

ben doesnt even have that in his review/install of the shifter.

-plus i dont think i ever received instructions from cobb so i just used someones off the forum.

supermarkus · 06-05-2006, 05:32 PM

Could you not hear the driveshaft hitting the cable? it's pretty annoying. Oh well, what's done is done. Check with www.subarugenuineparts.com for pricing, I'm worried it might be part of an entire assembly and not have an individual part number. FWIW, Kartboy's instructions mention and include an extra tie wrap for just this problem.

Sti-lysh · 06-05-2006, 05:57 PM

cable is 39 dollars. cobb updated their instructions after i had mine installed. I had noise in the begginning but it went away. I have the sevice manual seems like an pretty straight forward fix.

**wdb** · 06-06-2006, 06:28 AM

Other people have had the same problem. It happens with any short shifter because the cable gets moved down and the extra slack ends up under the car. The Cobb installation instructions specifically warn about it, and the thread in the Install / How To forum discusses it as well. My post in that thread includes a picture of the cable tied off to stay out of the driveshaft.

Sti-lysh · 06-06-2006, 08:09 AM

i was one of the first people with the shifter so none of these post were up before as i said no biggie its a cheap fix so ill take care of it asap

06-05-2006, 03:32 PM	#1
Sti-lysh Professional STI Racer Car: O5 OBP STi Fav Mod: Volk LE28N Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 843 IWSTI Addict since: Jul 2004 Trader Rating: (2)	Help! Reverse lock out cable broke. Guys i have the cobb double adjustable short throw shifter and was having problems with the knob not returnung back to its normal position. I get under the car and trace the cable it was worn by the driveshaft. Has anyone else experienced this prob them with the cobb shifter. How much are replacement cables? This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

06-05-2006, 04:00 PM	#4
Sti-lysh Professional STI Racer Car: O5 OBP STi Fav Mod: Volk LE28N Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 843 IWSTI Addict since: Jul 2004 Trader Rating: (2)	ben doesnt even have that in his review/install of the shifter. -plus i dont think i ever received instructions from cobb so i just used someones off the forum. Last edited by Sti-lysh; 06-05-2006 at 04:08 PM.

06-06-2006, 08:09 AM	#8
Sti-lysh Professional STI Racer Car: O5 OBP STi Fav Mod: Volk LE28N Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 843 IWSTI Addict since: Jul 2004 Trader Rating: (2)	i was one of the first people with the shifter so none of these post were up before as i said no biggie its a cheap fix so ill take care of it asap This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

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06-05-2006, 03:42 PM	#2
RBMike The Next Petter Solberg Posts: 931 IWSTI Addict since: Oct 2004 Trader Rating: (0)	Did you tie up the cable per instructions (under the car)? This will happen if you did not.

06-05-2006, 03:44 PM	#3
Sti-lysh Professional STI Racer Car: O5 OBP STi Fav Mod: Volk LE28N Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 843 IWSTI Addict since: Jul 2004 Trader Rating: (2)	i did not how ever i dont remeber reading anyhting about tieing up the cable underneath

06-05-2006, 05:32 PM	#5
supermarkus Spec C Club Car: 08 STi, SSM Location: Edmonds Washington Posts: 1,431 IWSTI Addict since: Dec 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	Could you not hear the driveshaft hitting the cable? it's pretty annoying. Oh well, what's done is done. Check with www.subarugenuineparts.com for pricing, I'm worried it might be part of an entire assembly and not have an individual part number. FWIW, Kartboy's instructions mention and include an extra tie wrap for just this problem.

06-05-2006, 05:57 PM	#6
Sti-lysh Professional STI Racer Car: O5 OBP STi Fav Mod: Volk LE28N Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 843 IWSTI Addict since: Jul 2004 Trader Rating: (2)	cable is 39 dollars. cobb updated their instructions after i had mine installed. I had noise in the begginning but it went away. I have the sevice manual seems like an pretty straight forward fix.

06-06-2006, 06:28 AM	#7
wdb dances with roads Car: 2005 CGM STi Posts: 5,188 IWSTI Addict since: Apr 2005 Trader Rating: (8)	Other people have had the same problem. It happens with any short shifter because the cable gets moved down and the extra slack ends up under the car. The Cobb installation instructions specifically warn about it, and the thread in the Install / How To forum discusses it as well. My post in that thread includes a picture of the cable tied off to stay out of the driveshaft.