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Servicing short-travel shift mechanism > < Adjusting standard-travel shift mechanism
5-Speed Manual Gearbox 01A (4WD)
Servicing shift mechanism
Checking gear stick alignment
  • ● The gear stick must rest in the 3rd/4th gear gate when the gearbox is in neutral.
  • ‒ Depress clutch.
  • ‒ Check that all gears can be engaged.
  • ‒ Check operation of reverse gear lock.
  • ‒ Put gear stick into the 5th/reverse gear gate and move stick towards reverse gear (without applying excessive pressure on the gear stick).
    • ‒ The amount of travel until contact is made with reverse gear stop should be 5 ... 10 mm (measured at gear stick knob).
  • ‒ Reduce pressure on gear stick to let it move back.
    • ‒ The gear stick should return by itself from the 5th/reverse gear gate into the 3rd/4th gear gate.
  • ‒ Check fine adjustment if necessary.

Fine adjustment

  • ● If the gear stick setting is incorrect it can be adjusted as follows:
  • ‒ Slacken nuts for ball housing.
  • ‒ Move gear stick with ball housing to the right towards 5th/reverse gear gate as far as the stop in the gearbox, and hold in this position.
  • ‒ When doing this push the ball housing to the left against the gear stick.
  • ‒ Then hold gear stick and ball housing in this position and tighten.
  • ‒ Fit covers and gear stick knob.

Note:

If only 5th and reverse gear cannot be engaged, the 5th and reverse gear locking unit should be checked and replaced if necessary =>Page 34-121.

Servicing short-travel shift mechanism > < Adjusting standard-travel shift mechanism