Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Renewing oil seal for selector shaft Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Removal lever -80-200-

t  Thrust piece -T10135- Procedure   Note t  General repair instructions → Chapter. t  Rules for cleanliness when working on the automatic gearbox → Chapter. –  Shift selector lever to position “P”. –  Remove gearbox support (left-side) → Chapter.

–  Use removal lever -80-200- to pry ball socket -1- on selector lever cable off selector shaft lever.   Note t  Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable. t  -Item 2- can be disregarded.

–  Drive out roll pin -1- at selector shaft lever -2--arrow- until it is possible to detach selector shaft lever from selector shaft.

–  Push a small screwdriver through the oil seal and pull it out. –  Lubricate the outer circumference and the space between sealing lips of seal with ATF. –  Fit new oil seal onto selector shaft. l  Installation position: the open side of the seal should face the gearbox.

–  Press on new oil seal using thrust piece -T10135- and assembly lever -A- as far as the stop; make sure that oil seal remains straight.   Note To prevent slippage when pressing in oil seal, place something as a base (e.g. piece of rubber) between assembly lever and subframe -arrow-. –  Before installing, drive the roll pin in the selector shaft lever back through the lever in the opposite direction. –  Push selector shaft lever onto selector shaft and drive in roll pin.

–  Press selector lever cable -1- onto selector shaft lever -3-.   Note t  Do not bend the selector shaft lever when pressing on the ball socket, as otherwise it will no longer be possible to precisely adjust the gear selector mechanism t  -Item 2- can be disregarded. –  Check ATF level → Chapter.