Patent ID: 7770489

Claim:
A shifter base housing, shift rod and operator cable assembly, said assembly comprising: an operator cable having an outer case containing a movable core wire; a shifter base housing defining an interior space; an opening extending through a wall of said shifter base housing and into said interior space; a sleeve having one end extending into said opening, said sleeve having said operator cable secured within an other end of said sleeve; an elastomeric isolator-seal substantially enclosing said one end of said sleeve, said isolator-seal received in said opening and compressed against one or more surfaces defined therein to seal said sleeve one end to said shifter base housing; said operator cable outer case secured within said other end of said sleeve, said core wire extending completely through said sleeve; a shift rod extending across said interior space and attached at one end to said cable core wire; wherein said shifter base housing has an integrally formed tubular projection defining a seat and a central opening receiving said cable core wire passed through said sleeve, and a swivel tube having a head resting in said seat and a tubular body extending through said central opening into said interior space of said shifter base housing, said cable core wire extending through an opening in said head and within said tubular body.