Pressing on synchronizer hub with locking collar for 5th and 6th gears
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Note the follow when performing the next steps:
- Synchronizer hub installation location: High inner collar faces 5th gear gear-wheel
- Place input shaft in hole in pressure plate VW 401.
- Place pressing tool in center of warmed components (synchronizer hub and needle bearing inner races).
- After pressing briefly on components, stop and align pressing tool again at center and press to stop.
- On an input shaft with PTFE washer , washer must be inserted before pressing 5th/6th gear synchronizer hub.
- When pressing, synchronizer ring tabs - arrow 1 - and notches - arrow 2 - on synchronizer hub must align.