Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Disassembling –  Drain out gear oil → Chapter.

–  Secure gearbox to the gearbox mount -arrows-. –  Removing the clutch release lever, clutch release bearing and guide bushing → Chapter.

–  Unscrew the cover -arrow- for the gearbox housing.

–  Extract the tensioning sleeve for the 5th gear shift fork with tensioning sleeve extractor -MP 3-509-.

–  Unlock the nuts for the input and output shaft with bolt chisel -MP 3-533-.

–  Unscrew the nuts -A- for synchronizer body and 5th gear pinion. To this end engage the 5th gear -arrow 1- and 1st gear -arrows 2 and 3-. –  The input and output shafts are blocked after introducing the two gears, the synchronizer body and pinion cannot rotate. Now it is possible to release the two nuts. –  5. Slide the 5th gear over the sliding sleeve. –  Put the gearshift shaft into Neutral. –  Remove the 5th gear shift fork, sliding sleeve and synchronizer body with 5th gear pinion simultaneously. –  Remove the 5th gear pinion For gearbox after 06.00

–  Secure the flange shaft against turning and release the screw -arrow-.    The figure shows how to remove the screws from the left flange shaft. Proceed in the same way to remove the screws from the right flange shaft. For all gearboxes

–  Remove the left and right flange shafts    The figure shows how to remove the left flange shaft. Proceed in the same way to remove the right flange shaft. –  Remove the switch -A- for reversing lights -F4-. –  Remove the screws -arrows- for the cover -B-.

–  Remove the gearshift shaft with cover. Put the gearshift shaft into Neutral. Subsequently unscrew screws -arrows- and remove the gearshift shaft from the gearbox housing.

–  Carefully drive out the cover -A- with valve guide driver -MP 1-304- and hammer -B-. –  Release screw -C- for reverse shaft support. –  Remove the screws for the gearbox housing on the clutch housing.

–  Open the circlips of the grooved ball bearings for the input and output shafts with pliers. –  Press the input and output shafts down to the stop -arrows-. –  Carefully lever off the gearbox housing from the projecting housing lands and make sure the sealing surfaces are not damaged in the process.

–  Remove gear shift rod for gears 1 through 4 -1-. –  Swivel out the shift fork for the 1st and 2nd gear -2- from the gearshift rail and remove from sliding sleeve.

–  Pull the shift rod of the 5th gear -arrow 1- out of the clutch housing. –  Draw out the shift rod with gearshift rails and 3rd and 4th gearshift fork from the reverse gear shift fork -arrow 2-.

–  Pull out the reverse shaft -1-. –  Remove the input shaft -2- together with the output shaft -3- from the clutch housing. –  Remove the differential gear -4-.