SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals > Leon Mk2 > 02J 5-speed gearbox | Gearbox mechanics,operation, construction,diff. | Mechanism for working the gearbox: repairing | Mechanism for working the gearbox: adjust | Checking the functioning of the mechanism for working the gearbox

Checking the functioning of the mechanism for working the gearbox

The gear stick must be in the position for neutral, in the track for 3^rd/4^th gear. The lower part of the gear stick must be in an upright position.

–	Tread down on the clutch pedal, engage and disengage all the gears several times then put the gear stick in neutral.

Note!

The engagement of the gears must be done softly and without interferences or difficulties.

–	Check the proper functioning of the blocking for the reverse gear.

–	Engage the first gear.

–	Move the gear stick to the left up to the end and then release it again.

–	At the same time, the switch axle for the gear box must be examined (2^nd mechanic).

–	When moving the gear stick, it must perform a run of approximately 1 mm. Direction of the arrow

–	If, when engaging a gear over and over again, there are still blocks or interferences, or should the run of the gear stick not be the right one, perform the adjustment again for the mechanism for working the gear box.

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