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A3 Mk2

Removing and installing selector shaft
Removing and installing selector shaft
Removing
–  Remove air cleaner housing completely → Rep. Gr.23 or → Rep. Gr.24.
   
Plastic gate relay lever:
l  To prevent damage to gate selector cable, cable end-piece must be detached from gate selector cable before removing relay lever.
–  Pull locking mechanism forwards in direction of -arrow 1- onto stop and then turn to left in direction of -arrow 2- to lock.
–  Then press gate relay lever forwards (in direction of -arrow 3-).
l  Detach cable end-piece only when gate relay lever is removed → Fig..
  N34-10891
Metal gate relay lever:
–  Detach securing clip -2- and push gate relay lever -3- sideways out of bearing.
Continued for all vehicles:
  Note
If the gearbox support makes it impossible to remove the gate relay lever, remove the gate selector cable from the gate relay lever. Guide the slide block out of gearbox selector lever.
–  Remove nut -4- and take out gearbox selector lever -1-.
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–  Put selector shaft in neutral position.
  Caution
Make sure that the selector shaft is not locked in position by the angled rod -arrow- when carrying out the following steps.
–  Remove reversing light switch -F4--1-.
–  Remove locking bolt -2-.
–  Remove bolts -3-.
–  Pull selector shaft with selector mechanism cover -4- out of gearbox housing.
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Installing
l  Tightening torques → Chapter
–  Now push selector shaft -1- against stop sleeve -2- in direction of -arrow- and run selector finger -3- down through selector forks and onto stop.
l  Selector mechanism cover -4- should be parallel to joint surface on gearbox housing.
l  Selector shaft should move up and down easily (gate selector movement).
  Note
If the selector mechanism cover is not parallel with the joint surface, the selector shaft is not seated in its bottom mounting.
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–  Tighten bolts -3- for selector mechanism cover -4-.
–  Screw in locking bolt -2-; angled rod -arrow- must be released.
–  Install reversing light switch -F4--1-.
–  Install gearbox selector lever and gate relay lever → Chapter / → Chapter.
  Note
The gearbox selector lever can only be installed in one position.
–  Install air cleaner housing → Rep. Gr.23 or → Rep. Gr.24.
  N34-10024

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