Shift Lever And Housing, Through 10.06

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NOTE:

Lubricate the bearing areas and the sliding surfaces.

Fig 1: Exploded View Of Shift Lever And Shift Housing (Through 10.06), Servicing

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Lock Washer
- Removing and installing, refer to Figure.
Bushing
Pressure Spring
Bushing
TORX® Bolt
- 5 Nm
Cover
Sound Insulation
Bearing Shell
Bearing Shell
Shift Lever Guide
Washer
Gasket
- Between the shift housing and the underbody.
- With self adhesive.
- Installed to the shift housing.
Shift Lever
Shift Housing
Bushing
Pin
Bushing
Pressure Spring
- Installing, refer to Fig 3.
Selector Bracket
TORX® Bolt, 5 Nm
Gasket
- Always replace.
Base Plate
- Bend the tabs down in order to remove.
- Always replace.
Selector Cable
- To the selector bracket inside the shift housing.
- Removing and installing, refer to Fig 2.
Shift Cable
- To the shift lever guide inside the shift housing.
- Removing and installing, refer to Fig 2.
Lock Washer
- Always replace.
Nut
- M6 - 8 Nm
- M8 - 25 Nm
- Quantity: 4
Bushing
- Fits in one position only.
Lock Washer
- Always replace.

Fig 2: Removing And Installing Selector Cable And Shift Cable

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-- Remove the lock washers from the shift cable -A- and the selector cable -B-.

Lift the tab with a screwdriver -arrow 1- and remove the lock washers -arrow 2-.

-- Remove the shift cable -A- from the shift lever guide.

-- Remove the selector cable -B- from the selector bracket.

Fig 3: Inserting Spring So That Leg Contacts Upper Part Of Pin

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-- Install the pressure spring so that the upper leg -A- contacts the upper part of the pin -arrow-.

-- Pull the lower leg -B- downward so that it reached the bottom of the pin -arrow-.