Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Dismantling and assembling selector mechanism on vehicles from model year 2008 onwards Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Thrust block -T10083-

Dismantling –  Remove selector mechanism → Chapter –  Using a screwdriver, bend open tabs -arrows- on all sides of floor plate and remove floor plate. –  Remove gasket from selector housing. –  Remove gear selector cable and gate selector cable from selector housing → Chapter.

–  Lift top spring arm -A- over tab on gate selector lever. –  Using a screwdriver, press lugs -arrows- on ball socket towards ball on gear lever guide; if necessary, break off lugs.

–  Prise ball socket -A- out of selector housing together with gear lever guide and gear lever -B-. –  Then press ball socket -A- off ball on gear lever guide and remove.   Note

t  Note guides -A- when performing the following steps. t  They must not break off. –  Swivel bottom spring arm -arrow 1- onto stop on shoulder of gate selector lever.   Caution During the following steps, the bottom spring arm (-arrow 1-) can become dislodged and snap downwards off the shoulder of the gate selector lever. –  Pull gear lever guide upwards as far as stop and at the same time pull ball-head pin -arrow 2- out of gate selector lever. –  Press spring -arrow 1- carefully off the shoulder of the gate selector lever. The spring arms will then compress “diagonally”.

–  Then turn gear lever guide in direction of -arrow 1-. l  The pin -arrow 2- should be positioned in the recess on the selector housing. –  Next, swivel gear lever guide out in direction of -arrow 3- together with gear lever.

Assembling selector mechanism –  Release spring arms -A- and -B-. l  Spring arms -A- and -B- must point in opposite directions. (Shown here with gear lever guide installed.)

–  Insert gear lever guide into selector housing together with gear lever. l  Pin -arrow 1- should be positioned just inside recess on selector housing. –  Turn gear lever guide in direction of -arrow 2- until ball-head pin -A- is above recess on selector housing.

–  Position selector housing with gear lever guide onto thrust block -T10083-. l  The gear lever guide rests in the larger recess -arrow- in the thrust block -T10083-. l  The gear lever guide should protrude out of the selector housing as far as the stop.

–  Insert arm -A- of spring in guide from above. –  Pull arm -B- of spring downwards and insert it next to the guide (towards ball head).   Note For illustration purposes, only part of the gate selector lever is shown. –  Carefully take selector housing off thrust block -T10083- together with gear lever guide.

–  Move gate selector lever rearwards as far as stop in direction of -arrow 1-. –  Grease ball-head pin. –  Press ball-head pin into hole in gate selector lever -arrow 2-. l  Guides -A- and tabs -B- must not be damaged.

–  Now insert gear lever guide (which is now fitted in selector housing) into larger recess -arrow- in thrust block -T10083- again. l  The gear lever guide should now protrude out of the selector housing as far as the stop.

–  Lift top spring arm -A- over pin on gate selector lever. l  Use a new ball socket -B-. –  Grease ball socket and ball of gear lever guide. –  Press ball socket onto ball of gear lever guide as far as stop. –  Remove selector housing from thrust block -T10083-. –  Press ball socket into selector housing in direction of -arrows-.

l  All four lugs -arrows- must engage. –  Lift top spring arm -A- over pin on gate selector lever into guide. –  Insert bottom spring arm into guide. –  Fit gear lever, gear selector cable, gate selector cable and floor plate. –  Install selector mechanism → Chapter.