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SEAT Leon Mk101 · Power transmission
01 · Transmission

Input shaft: Dismantling and assembling

Make
SEAT
Model
Leon Mk1
Section
02J 5-speed manual gearbox › Gearbox,mechanics,gears,shafts,internal operation › Input shaft: Dismantling and assembling
Power transmissionInput shaft: Dismantling and assembling
   
Input shaft: dismantling and assembling
Input shaft: Dismantling and assembling – SEAT Leon Mk1
Special tools and workshop equipment required
t  Gearbox extractor set -U-40100-
t  Gearbox repair set -U-40200-
t  Gearbox repair set -U-40300-
t  Circlip opening pliers -A-81124-

   
Input shaft: Dismantling and assembling – SEAT Leon Mk1  Note!
t  Whenever new gears are fitted consult the technical data → Chapter, Code letters, group numbers, ratios, filling quantities.
t  The input shaft must be adjusted whenever elements have been replaced which could affect the position of the roller bearings. Refer to Adjustment chart → Chapter.
Input shaft: Dismantling and assembling – SEAT Leon Mk1
1 - Clutch housing
q   Repairing → Chapter
2 - Outer track, roller bearing
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
3 - Roller bearing
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
4 - Input shaft
q   Adjusting → Chapter
5 - 3rd gear
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
q   Assembly position: the collar must be facing the 4th gear
6 - Safety ring
q   Use tool -A-81124- to remove the circlip
q   Always renew
7 - 4th gear
q   Remove together with the roller bearings → Item, stop washer → Item and bush → Item → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
q   Assembly position: the collar must be facing the 3rd gear
8 - Roller bearing
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
9 - Stop washer
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
10 - Outer track, roller bearing
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Fit → Fig.
11 - Shim
q   For the input shaft
q   Determine thickness → Anchor
12 - Gearbox casing
q   Repairing → Chapter
13 - Needle bearing bush
q   Remove → Fig.
q   Before assembling, fit the stop washer → Item
q   Fit → Fig.
14 - Needle roller bearing
15 - Sliding 5th gear
q   Remove with the 5th gear syncromesh assembly → Chapter
16 - Syncromesh ring 5th gear
q   Check wear → Anchor
17 - Spring
q   Fit → Fig.
18 - Locking keyways
q   Fit → Fig.
19 - Syncromesh hub
q   Fit → Fig.
20 - Sliding sleeve 5th gear
q   Fit → Fig.
21 - Plate spring
q   Assembly position: The concave side should be facing the 5th gear → Chapter
22 - Securing screw for 5th gear
q   80 Nm
q   The screw head incorporates a housing for the plate spring → Item
q   Fit → Chapter

   
Remove the outer track of the roller bearing
  E35-0017
Fit the outer track of the roller bearing
  E35-0018
Removing the roller bearing
  E35-0047
Fitting the roller bearing
  E35-0019
Removing the 4th gear, the roller bearing, the stop washer, and the needle bearing bush
–  Fit tool -U-40100/3- to the input shaft, under the 4th gear.
The 4th gear is removed together with the roller bearing, the stop washer, and the needle bearing bush.
  E35-0020
Removing the 3rd gear
–  Remove the safety ring with tool -A-81124- before removing the 3rd gear.
  E35-0153
Assembling the 3rd gear
Assembly position:
The collar must be facing the 4th gear.
–  Fit safety ring.
  E35-0022
Assembling the 4th gear
Assembly position:
The collar must be facing the 3rd gear.
  E35-0023
Fitting the roller bearing
–  Fit tool -U-40100/3- under the 2nd gear and locate tool -40200/19- side A facing the roller bearing.
  E35-0024
Fit the stop washer and the needle bearing bush
–  Fit tool -U-40100/3- under the 2nd gear and locate tool -U-40300/8- side B facing the needle roller bearing.
  E35-0025
Remove the outer track of the roller bearing
  E35-0026
Fit the outer track of the roller bearing
Input shaft: Dismantling and assembling – SEAT Leon Mk1  Note!
If the input shaft has been adjusted, the shim must be fitted before assembling the outer track of the roller bearing.
  E35-0027
Fit the 5th gear syncromesh assembly
Fit the 5th gear syncromesh assembly as follows:
–  Fit the sliding sleeve -2- onto the 5th gear syncromesh hub so that the cut-outs -arrow A- coincide for the recess of the syncromesh ring locking keys -4- of both components and that the teeth terminating in the sliding sleeve are located in the same direction with the most pronounced lug -arrow B- of the syncromesh ring locking keys.
–  Assemble the syncromesh ring locking keys -4- and fix them with springs -1- at 120° from each other and below the steps of the locking keys.
  N35-0017
Fit the springs of the 5th gear syncromesh assembly
–  Check that the teeth terminating in end -A- of the sliding sleeve are located in the same direction with the most pronounced lug -B- of the axle box.
–  Check that the locking keys are fitted correctly → Fig..
–  Position the springs at 120°, under steps -C- of the locking keys. The angled ends of the springs -arrows- must be outside the locking keys.
  V35-1320

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