SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Gear selection mechanism: removing and fitting

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Assembly tool -T10236-

t	Die -VW 412-

t	Installation tool -T10178-

t	Adapter -10 - 222 A /25-

t	2 = Counter-support, e.g. -Kukko Baureihe 16-

t	Wedge -T10357-

Dismantling –  Remove selector mechanism → Chapter. –  Bend the lugs -Pfeile- of the floorplate using a screwdriver and remove the plate (in the figure, only the lugs are shown on the left side of the plate).

–  Remove the floor plate. –  Remove gasket → Itemfrom selector housing. –  Remove gear selector cable and gate selector cable from selector housing → Chapter. –  Pull clip -A- out of bearing shaft for gate selector lever.

–  Use screwdriver to press down catch -B- of bearing bush for gate selector lever. Break off catch if necessary. –  Push bearing bush for gate selector lever out of selector housing.

–  Use screwdriver to press catches -arrows- of ball socket towards bearing ball of gear lever guide. Break off catches if necessary.

–  Lever ball socket and gear lever out of selector housing -arrow A-. –  Then, press ball socket off bearing ball of gear lever guide -arrow B- and remove gear lever with gate selector lever.

–  Clamp gear lever with gate selector lever in a vice with protective jaws. –  Push gate selector lever off gear lever in -direction of arrow-.   Caution The compression spring -A- may snap off the gate selector lever in an uncontrolled manner. Assembling –  Fit bearing bush onto gear lever.

Installation position of bearing bush Slots around bearing bush -arrow- are pointing towards gear lever.

–  Install gate selector lever together with compression spring to gear lever: l  Ends -A- and -B- must point in same direction. –  Fit end -A- of compression spring into guide from above (in direction of gear lever). –  Carefully pull end -B- of compression spring down and fit into guide (in direction of gear lever). –  Push gate selector lever -arrow- onto gear lever.   Caution The compression spring A must not snap off the gate selector lever in an uncontrolled manner. –  If removed, push ball sockets onto gear lever.

Installation position of ball sockets Pins -A- are located in holes -B-.

–  Fit new ball socket -A- onto gear lever. –  Grease ball socket -A- and ball sockets of gear lever. –  Rotate ball socket in -direction of arrow-. l  Seat of journal -1- is in recess -2- of ball socket -A-. l  Damping -4- is fitted between ends of spring -3-.

–  Push ball socket -A- together with gear lever and gate selector lever into selector housing. Pay attention to installation position → Fig.. l  All 4 retaining lugs must engage. –  Slide in bearing bush - B- for gate selector lever.

Installation position of bearing bush Catch -B- must engage in recess in selector housing. –  Secure gate selector lever with clip -A-. –  Install selector cable and selection control cable → Chapter and → Chapter.

Secure the floor plate to the gearbox casing. –  Fit new gasket and secure new floor plate.   Caution There is a risk of dmaging the gearbox housing and floor plate. Tighten the gearbox housing only a little. –  Fix the floor plate by closing the lugs -arrows- along the entire scope (in the figure, only the lugs are shown on the left side of the plate). –  The lugs can be bent using wegde -T10357-. -A- = counterholder, e.g. -Kukko Baureihe 16- –  Fit a new gasket on the gearbox casing → Item. –  Install selector mechanism → Chapter. –  Adjust selector mechanism → Chapter.