Hi fellow 986 Boxster owners,
The dreaded day had come where my shift cables snapped or popped out yesterday. I was at a red light and the light turned green. Started out in first, shifted into second, and then into third - that's where things got stuck and I couldn't get it into gear and the shift lever just got stuck in the middle in neutral without being able to pivot left, right, up, or down.
I looked through my massive binder of maintenance history dating back to 2004 (Vehicle is a 01 S - 6-speed) and no records indicate the cables were ever replaced. We can assume these are original cables from the factory.
For those of you who have replaced the cables, did you replace with factory cables or an aftermarket solution such as Numeric Racing's cables? Also curious if any of you have used the Function First or Rennline shift cable retainers, and whether there is any real added benefit.
My car nowadays sees 80% track time doing HPDE with my regional PCA club and the remaining 20% is to drive to/from the shop for my maintenance/tech inspections, and to the track/home. I've been accused by others in the club of terrorizing cup cars and clubsports in my run group, but I think this is an exaggeration.
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