25 11 000 Removing and installing shift lever

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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.

Tightening torque 23 71 1AZ/2AZ .

Fig 1: Locating Transmission Cross-Member With Mounting Screws And Nuts

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Remove SHIFT ROD (2).

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

Key:

Retainer
Shift rod

Fig 2: Identifying Clip And Selector 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.

Press mount upwards out of shift arm.

Fig 4: Turning Mount Using Special Tools (25 1 120)

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

Lift out shift lever.

Installation:

Pull U-type bellows from below completely over shift arm receptacle.

Fig 5: Locating U-type bellows

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Installation:

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

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

Fig 6: Identifying Shift Lever Components

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Key:

Shift lever
U-type bellows molded section
U-type bellows lips
U-type bellows bead
Shift lever eye

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 7: Fitting Mount On Shift Arm

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