Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Special tools, testers and auxiliary equipment required

• ◆ Pressing lever 80-200

Removing

• ‒ Move selector lever to position "P".
• ‒ Raise vehicle.
• ‒ Remove cross member, if fitted, from underneath exhaust system.
• ‒ Disconnect the downpipes with catalytic converter from the rear exhaust and tie them up at the side.
  => corresponding Workshop Manual for Engine, Mechanical Components; Repair group 26; Removing and installing exhaust system

Vehicles with four-wheel drive

• ‒ → Unscrew propshaft -1- from gearbox and place onto heat shield -2- ; Removing and installing propshaft.
• ‒ Secure propshaft with wire -arrow- at bracket -3- of fuel lines.

Continued for all vehicles

• ‒ Unscrew heat shield from below bearing cup.
• ‒ → Remove lid from bearing cup -arrows-.

Detach selector lever cable from bearing cup:

• ‒ → Press together securing clip -B- at ends and remove.
• ‒ Pull locking plate -A- for selector lever cable on mounting bracket out downwards.
• ‒ Detach selector lever cable from selector lever.

• ‒ → Lever off selector lever cable from lever/selector shaft using special tool 80-200 -arrow-.
• ‒ Release the support bracket from the gearbox.
• ‒ Remove selector lever cable from support bracket.
• ‒ Pull selector lever cable out from mounting bracket; for this purpose, do not kink cable.

Installing

• ● Move the selector lever and lever/selector shaft to "P" (the parking lock must engage).

• ‒ Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable, lightly grease cable eye and cable ends before installing.

• ‒ Insert selector lever cable into bearing cup.
• ‒ Fit selector lever cable to selector lever.
• ‒ → Press together securing clip -B- at ends and secure selector lever cable.
• ‒ → Mount lock washer-A- for selector lever cable on bearing cup.

Installation position:

Angled end of lock washer points towards end of selector lever cable.

• ‒ Connect selector lever cable handtight to support bracket.
• ‒ Bolt support bracket handtight to gearbox.

• ‒ Press selector lever cable onto selector shaft lever.
• ‒ Align selector lever cable in support bracket.
• ‒ → Tighten support bracket/gearbox -arrows 1- and selector lever cable/support bracket -arrow 2- to tightening torque. While doing this, hold firm by the hexagon flats -arrow 3-.

• ‒ → Tighten nuts-arrows- (4 off) to 10 Nm.
• ‒ Check selector lever cable adjustment, adjust if necessary => Page 37-44.
• ‒ Install heat shield.

Vehicles with four-wheel drive

• ‒ Bolt the propshaft onto the gearbox flange => Page 39-78, Removing and installing propshaft.

Continued for all vehicles

• ‒ Mount downpipe on rear exhaust.
  => corresponding Workshop Manual for Engine, Mechanical Components; Repair group 26; Removing and installing exhaust system
• ‒ Install front cross member below exhaust system.

Tightening torques