25 11 000 Removing And Installing Gearshift Lever

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Special tools required:

25 1 120

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove reinforcement carrier.
Remove rear underbody protection. See REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING REAR UNDERBODY PROTECTION .
Remove heat shields.
Remove knob for shift lever. See REPLACING KNOB FOR SHIFT LEVER .
Remove gaiter for shift lever cover. See REPLACING GAITER (SHIFT LEVER COVER) FOR SHIFT LEVER .

If necessary

Support transmission with workshop jack.

Remove screws and nuts.

Remove cross-member.

Tightening torque 23 71 1AZ / 2AZ .

Fig 1: Locating Crossmember Screws And Nuts

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Remove shift rod (2). See REPLACING SHIFT ROD .

Installation:

GREASE shift rod pin.

Key:

Retainer
Shift rod

Fig 2: Identifying Retainer And Shift Rod
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IMPORTANT: New retaining clips fitted as from 04.08.
Retaining clip must interlock captively with retaining web (1) behind shift rod pin.

Fig 3: Identifying Retaining Web

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Insert special tool 25 1 120 into mount and turn 90° counterclockwise. See Fig 4.

Press mount upwards out of shift arm.

Fig 4: Turning Special Tool 25 1 120

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Feed U-gaiter from shift arm and out of body cutout.

Lift out shift lever.

Installation:

Pull U-gaiter from below completely over shift arm receptacle.

Fig 5: Locating U-Gaiter

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Installation:

Pull U-gaiter bead (4) over receptacle on shift arm and pop U-gaiter lips (3) into body cutout.

Make sure the arrow on the upper U-gaiter lip (3) is seated in the direction of travel and crossways to the shift lever eye (5).

Fig 6: Identifying Shift Lever, Molded Section With Upper Lip

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Key:

Shift lever
U-gaiter molded section
U-gaiter lips
U-gaiter bead
Shift lever eye

Installation:

GREASE shift lever ball.

Fit mount on shift arm receptacle.

Align retaining lugs of mount to openings in receptacle (crossways to direction of travel).

Press shift arm with mount downwards until mount snaps audibly into place (if necessary, use a pressing-in tool).

Fig 7: Pressing Shift Arm

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