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.
Remove heat shields.
Remove Knob for shift lever.
Remove gaiter for shift lever cover.

If necessary

Support transmission with workshop jack.

Remove screws and nuts.

Remove cross-member.

For tightening torque refer to 1AZ/2AZ in 23 71 TRANSMISSION MOUNTS .

Fig 1: Cross-Member And Mounting Screws

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Remove Shift Rod (2).

Installation:

Grease shift rod pin.

Key:

Retainer
Shift rod

Fig 2: Shift Rod, Retainer And Component Location
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IMPORTANT:

New retaining clips fitted as from 04.08.

Retaining clip must interlock captively with retaining web (1) behind gearshift rod pin.

Fig 3: Identifying Retaining Web

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

Press mount upwards out of shift arm.

Fig 4: Special Tool (25 1 120) And Removal Direction

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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: Shift Arm And 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).

Key:

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

Fig 6: Shift Lever, U-Gaiter Molded Section, U-Gaiter Bead, U-Gaiter Lips And Shift Lever Eye
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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 With Mount Downwards Until Mount Snaps

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