SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

III - Assembly overview - removing and installing selector cables

t	Lubricate bearing positions and sliding surfaces.

t	Allocate grease using → Electronic parts catalogue (ETKA).

1 -	Gear selector cable

q	Connect to cable end-piece → Item

q	Installation position → Chapter

2 -	Selection control cable

q	Connect to cable end-piece → Item

q	Installation position → Chapter

3 -	Drift sleeve

4 -	Lever protection box

5 -	Retainer washer

q	Take care not to damage selector cables when removing.

q	Always renew

6 -	Hexagon bolt, 20 Nm

q	Qty. 3 in vehicles with petrol engine

q	In vehicles with turbo diesel engine, cable support bracket secured with 2 hexagon bolts and one hexagon nut, 20 Nm

7 -	Retainer washer

q	Take care not to damage selector cables when removing.

q	Always renew

8 -	Cable support bracket

q	In some selector mechanisms, cable support bracket secured with 2 hexagon bolts and one hexagon nut

9 -

Grommet

q	Cable support bracket mounting on gearbox

10 -

Spacer

11 -	Cable attachment

q	After installing, adjust selector mechanism → Chapter

q	For gate selector cable to relay lever

q	Do not interchange! Cable end-pieces for gate selector cable to relay lever and gear selector cable to gearbox selector lever are different.

q	Remove and install together with relay lever → Chapter

q	Removing → Fig.

q	Pressing on → Fig.

q	Allocation → Fig.

12 -	Return lever

q	Installation position → Fig.

q	Remove and install → Chapter relay lever together with cable end-piece

q	If there is a hole -arrow- in bearing shaft, press in clip → Item

q	After installing, adjust selector mechanism → Chapter

13 -	Wiring clip

q	For relay lever with hole -arrow- in bearing shaft of relay lever

14 -

Runner

15 -	Gearbox selector lever

q	Installing → Fig.

q	Installation position → Fig.

q	After installing, adjust selector mechanism → Chapter

16 -	Self-locking hexagon nut, 23 Nm

q	Always renew

17 -	Cable attachment

q	After installing, adjust selector mechanism → Chapter

q	Secures gear selector cable to gearbox selector lever

q	Do not mix up. Cable end-pieces for gate selector cable to relay lever and gear selector cable to gearbox selector lever are different.

q	Allocation → Fig.

18 -	Retainer washer

q	Always renew

Identification of cable end-pieces The holes in the cable end-pieces have different diameters.

Cable end-piece for:	Gap „a“
1. - Gear selector cable to gearbox selector lever	8.5 mm
2. - Gate selector cable to relay lever	10 mm

Installation position of gearbox selector lever and relay lever 1 -  Gearbox selector lever with damper weight 2 -  Relay lever engages in guide rail of gearbox selector lever via shoe -arrow-.

Installing gearbox selector lever –  When installing gearbox selector lever, make sure that the gap in the splines -arrow A- aligns with the wider spline -arrow B- on the selector shaft.

Renewing cable end-pieces –  Pull end-pieces on gate selector cable and gear selector cable forward to stop -arrow 1- and then turn to left to lock -arrows 2-. –  Remove securing clip for gear selector cable from gear selector lever → Item. –  Remove cable end-piece for gate selector cable together with relay lever → Chapter. –  Carefully pry off cable end-piece → Fig.. –  Spread a small amount of grease on pins of gearbox selector lever and relay lever. l  Allocate grease using → Electronic parts catalogue (ETKA). –  Renew securing clip for cable end-piece on gear selector cable. –  Install cable end-piece for gate selector cable together with relay lever → Chapter. Adjust selector mechanism → Chapter.