Great Info! Wish I had read it before this weekend. It happened to me as we were setting up to tow our Jeep home with our RV. Trying to put the transfer case in neutral, the shifter just goes slack. Uh, Oh... I found a tow truck driver at the campground that diagnosed the problem pretty quickly. He manually put me in neutral from underneath. I held the cable on with a small pair of vise grips and we made it home (dropping directly at the dealer). Dealer sold me a whole new cable because there was a 4 day lead on fasteners. I ordered more fasteners too and got pairs for all my friends with Jeeps. Cable wasn't too expensive (but the labor was typical).

Bottom line... thanks to this group this won't happen to me or my friends again! Thanks for taking the time to post.

 

Stupid question, does this part go inside the jeep or at the transfer end?

Matthew

 

Both ends of cable take that stupid little white-ish plastic bell retainer. It is absolutly the worst thought out part ever installed on a JK.

I have had both of mine fail-at the same time! Damn plastic POS.

I replaced both ends with metal bushing, stainless washer and a stainless e-clip.

Jeep JK Transfer bushing fix

Qty-2--bushing or tubing 29/64" or 0.45" or 11.4mm outer diameter and 5/16" or 0.315" or 8mm inside diameter BY 11/32" or 0.35" or 8-9mm thick.

Qty-2--Stainless fender washers with 9/32 or 7mm hole and outside diameter needs 3/4" or 19mm-thickness about 0.050" or 1.45mm

Qty-2-- 7/32 E-clips lowes part number 138750. They come as qty two.


The jeep shaft for bushing size is 5/16" or 0.31" or 7.8mm

The jeep shaft for E-clip size is 7/32" or 0.215" or 5 to 5.5mm

Jeep cable ends need to be enlarged from --- to 29/64" or 0.45" or 11.4mm.


I was angry. i pulled out digital calipers and go take measurements. I fixed that damn problem for good. stainless is less prone to dryrot and fall off one year after purchase! Transfer lever felt better than it did when it was new. Not nearly as sloppy.