2511000 Removing and installing shift lever: Installation

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Grease shift rod pin.

Key:

Retainer
Shift rod

Fig 1: 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 2: 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 3: Inserting Mount Using Special Tools (25 1 120)

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Feed bellows from shift arm and out of body cutout.

Lift out shift lever.

Installation:

Pull bellows from below completely over shift arm receptacle.

Fig 4: Pulling Bellows Over Shift Arm Receptacle

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Installation:

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

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

Fig 5: Identifying Shift Lever Components

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Key:

Shift lever
Bellows molded section
Bellows lips
Bellows bead
Shift lever eye

Grease shift lever ball. See OPERATING FLUIDS .

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 1: Pressing Shift Arm With Mount

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