Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

• ● The gear stick lever must rest in the 3rd/4th gear gate when gearbox is in neutral.

• ‒ Check operation of 1st and 2nd gear stop.
• ‒ Engage 2nd gear and push gear stick to the left against the stop.
• ‒ Reduce pressure on gear stick until it moves back to pressure point.
• ‒ Spring-back measured at gear stick handle: 3 ... 5 mm
• ‒ Check that all gears can be engaged.
• ‒ Check operation of reverse gear lock.
• ‒ It should only be possible to engage reverse gear after pressing the gear stick down to overcome the reverse gear lock.
• ‒ It must be possible to move the gear stick, without pushing and without force, forwards from the reverse gear lock to the 3rd/4th gear plane
• ‒ If the gear stick setting is not correct, carry out fine adjustment
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Fine adjustment

• ● If the gear stick setting is incorrect it can be adjusted as follows:

• ‒ → Loosen bolt for selector rod -arrow-.

Note:

The angle of forwards/backwards inclination of the gear stick must not be changed while the following adjustments are being made.

• ‒ → Move gear stick to the left or to the right until distance "x" is 9.5 mm.
• ‒ Hold gear stick in this position.
• ‒ Tighten selector rod bolt.

Tightening torques

• ‒ Check gear stick setting again.
• ‒ Fit covers and gear stick knob.