Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing selector cables - exploded view

Lubricate all bearings and moving surfaces with polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2-.

1 -	Gate selector cable

q	On gate selector lever

q	Installation position → Chapter

q	Removing and installing → Chapter

q	Apply silicone grease -G 000 405 A2- in area of rubber boot/clamping pieces → Anchor

2 -	Gear selector cable

q	Press onto gear lever guide

q	Installation position → Chapter

q	Removing and installing → Chapter

q	Apply silicone grease -G 000 405 A2- in area of rubber boot/clamping pieces → Anchor

3 -	Securing clip

4 -	Selector housing

5 -	Retaining clip

q	Take care not to damage selector cables when removing.

6 -	Clamping pieces

q	Always renew

q	Press into rubber boot → Item

q	Apply silicone grease -G 000 405 A2- to openings for cables → Anchor

7 -	Rubber boot

8 -	Retaining clip

q	For wiring harness

9 -

Bolt

q

20 Nm

q	For support bracket

10 -	Support bracket

11 -

Grommet

q	For support bracket mounting on gearbox

12 -	Distance piece

13 -

Nut

q

10 Nm

q	Secures retaining clip → Item to support bracket

14 -	Cable end-piece

q	Secures gear selector cable to gearbox selector lever

q	Removing → Fig.

q	Installing → Fig.

q	Must be renewed if removed

15 -	Gearbox selector lever

q	With damper weight

q	Install so that gap in splines aligns with selector shaft → Fig.

q	After installing, adjust selector mechanism → Chapter

q	Installation position → Fig.

16 -

Nut

q

20 Nm

q	Self-locking

q	Always renew

17 -	Securing clip

18 -	Bearing bush

19 -	Slide block

q	Apply polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2-

20 -	Relay lever

q	Installation position → Fig.

21 -	Cable end-piece

q	Secures gate selector cable to relay lever

q	Removing → Fig.

q	Installing → Fig.

q	Must be renewed if removed

Installation position of gearbox selector lever, relay lever and locking pin 1 -  Gearbox selector lever with damper weight 2 -  Relay lever - locates in guide rail of gearbox selector lever via slide block -arrow- 3 -  Locking pin - for adjusting selector mechanism

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.

Detach cable end-piece from gearbox selector lever and relay lever   Note Renew detached cable end-pieces. –  Lever off cable-end piece for gate selector cable -A- using open-end spanner -1- and gear selector cable -B- using open-end spanner -1- and pliers -2- from gearbox. -1- = Open-end spanner A/F 13, commercially available -2- = pliers, commercially available

Fit new cable end-piece to gearbox selector lever and relay lever   Note Renew detached cable end-pieces. –  Apply a small amount of polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2- in ball sockets of cable end-piece -A- and end-piece for gate selector cable -B-.   Note The seals -arrows- outside the ball socket must be grease-free.

–  Press gear selector cable onto gearbox selector lever and gate selector cable onto relay lever -arrows-.