25 11 000 Removing and installing shift lever M3

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

• REMOVE EXHAUST SYSTEM .
• Remove heat shield
• Remove KNOB  for shift lever
• Remove GAITER  for shift lever cover.

Remove SHIFT ROD  (2).

Installation: 

Grease shift rod pin. See GEAR SHIFT MECHANISM - OPERATING FLUIDS

Key:

1. Retainer
2. Shift rod

Fig 1: Identifying Retainer And Shift Rod

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Fig 2: Identifying Retaining Web

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Insert special tool 25 1 120 MINIMUM SET: MECHANICAL TOOLS PIN WRENCH MW into mount and turn 90° counterclockwise.

Press mount upwards out of shift arm.

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

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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 4: 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 5: Identifying Shift Lever Components

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Key:

1. Shift lever
2. U-gaiter molded section
3. U-gaiter lips
4. U-gaiter bead
5. Shift lever eye

Installation 

Grease shift lever ball. See GEAR SHIFT MECHANISM - 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 6: Fitting Mount On Shift Arm

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