Selector shaft oil seal, replacing
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Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
- Removal lever 80-200
- Thrust piece T10135
Procedure
NOTE:
- General repair instructions → General repair instructions .
- Read the rules for cleanliness when working on the automatic transmission → Rules for cleanliness .
- Shift selector lever to position "P".
- Remove transmission support (left-side) → Transmission support and transmission mounting, removing and installing (left and right) .
Fig 3: Using Pry Lever - RMV Outside Mirror 80-200 To Pry Ball Socket On Selector Lever Cable Off Selector Shaft Lever
- Use removal lever 80-200 to pry ball socket - 1 - on selector lever cable off selector shaft lever.
NOTE:
- Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.
- - Item 2 - can be disregarded.
- Drive out roll pin - 1 - at selector shaft lever - 2 - - arrow - until it is possible to detach selector shaft lever from selector shaft.
- Push a small screwdriver through seal and pull it out.
- Lubricate outer circumference and the space between sealing lips of seal with ATF.
- Install new seal onto selector shaft.
- Installation position: open side of seal faces transmission.
- Press on new oil seal using thrust piece T10135 and assembly lever - A - as far as stop; make sure that oil seal remains straight.
NOTE:
- To prevent slippage when pressing in oil seal, place something as a base (e.g. piece of rubber) between assembly lever and subframe - arrow -.
- Before installing, drive roll pin in selector shaft lever back through lever in opposite direction.
- Push selector shaft lever onto selector shaft and drive in roll pin.
- Press selector lever cable - 1 - onto selector shaft lever - 3 -.
NOTE:
- Do not bend the selector shaft lever when pressing on the ball socket, as otherwise it will no longer be possible to precisely adjust the gear selector mechanism
- - Item 2 - can be disregarded.
- Check ATF level → ATF level, checking and correcting .