Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing selector cables - exploded view from 09.98

Lubricate all bearings and moving surfaces with polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2-.

1 -	Gear selector cable

q	Press onto gear lever guide

q	Installation position → Chapter

2 -	Gate selector cable

q	On gate selector lever

q	Installation position → Chapter

3 -	Securing clip

q	Removing → Fig.

4 -	Retaining clip

q	Take care not to damage bellows of selector cables when removing.

5 -	Selector housing

6 -	Support bracket

7 -

Grommet

q	For support bracket mounting on gearbox

8 -	Distance piece

9 -

Bolt

q

25 Nm

q	For support bracket

10 -	Cable end-piece

q	Secures gate selector cable to relay lever

q	Release to adjust selector mechanism → Anchor

q	Renewing on vehicles up to 06.2001 → Fig.

q	Installing on vehicles up to 06.2001 → Fig.

q	On vehicles up to 06.2001: must be renewed if it has been detached from relay lever → Item

q	As of 07.01 with open drilling

q	On vehicles from 07.2001: different version, do not interchange → Fig.

q	Secured with securing clip

q	Removing and installing → Fig.

11 -	Cable end-piece

q	Secures gear selector cable to gearbox selector lever

q	Release to adjust selector mechanism → Anchor

q	Renewing on vehicles up to 06.2001 → Fig.

q	Installing on vehicles up to 06.2001 → Fig.

q	On vehicles up to 06.2001: must be renewed if it has been detached from gearbox selector lever → Item

q	As of 07.01 with open drilling

q	On vehicles from 07.2001: different version, do not interchange → Fig.

q	Secured with securing clip

q	Removing and installing → Fig.

12 -	Securing clip

q	Removing → Fig.

13 -	Bearing bush

14 -	Relay lever

q	Installation position → Fig.

15 -	Slide block

16 -	Gearbox selector lever

q	With damper weight

q	Install so that gap in splines aligns with selector shaft → Fig.

q	Installation position → Fig.

q	After installing, adjust selector mechanism → Chapter

17 -

Nut

q

20 Nm

q	For gearbox selector lever

q	Always renew

Installation position of gearbox selector lever, relay lever and locking pin -1- - End piece (locking mechanism) for gate selector cable -2- - End piece (locking mechanism) for gear selector cable -3- - Gearbox selector lever with damper weight -4- - Reversing light switch -F4- -5- - Locking pin t  Turn vertically upwards to adjust selector mechanism. -6- - Relay lever t  Locates in guide rail of gearbox selector lever via slide block -arrow-. t  Lubricate with MoS2 grease.

Installing gearbox selector lever –  When installing gearbox selector lever, make sure that the gap in the splines -arrow A- aligns with the wider spline -arrow B- on the selector shaft.

Renewing cable end-pieces - vehicles up to 06.2001   Note Cable end-pieces must be renewed after being removed. Cable end-pieces are damaged upon removal. –  Lever off gear selector cable -A- and gate selector cable -B- using an open-ended spanner (13 mm) -1-.

Fitting new cable end-pieces - vehicles up to 06.2001 –  Apply a small amount of polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2- in ball sockets of end pieces on gear selector cable -A- and gate selector cable -B-.   Note The seals -arrows- outside the ball socket must be grease-free.

Allocation of cable end-pieces - vehicles from 07.2001 The holes in the cable end-pieces have different diameters: t  Cable end-piece securing gear selector cable to selector shaft lever: diameter -a- = 10 mm. t  Cable end-piece for gate selector cable to relay lever: diameter -a- = 8 mm.

Fitting new cable end-pieces - vehicles from 07.2001 –  Spread a small amount of polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2- onto studs -arrows- of selector shaft lever -1- and relay lever -2-. –  Always renew securing clips -3- for gear selector cable and -4- for gate selector cable after removing.

Removing securing clip for gate selector lever, relay lever and gear lever guide/gate selector housing –  Lift tab in direction of -arrow-.