Gear Lever Housing

To Remove
1. Remove the center console.





2. Engage 4th gear and secure 4th in the gearbox with locking pin 87 92 335.
3. Undo the pinch-bolt clamp to the selector rod universal joint.





4. Remove the bolts securing the gear-lever housing.
5. Lift the gear-lever housing and unplug the electrical connection to the ignition switch
6. Lift out the gear-lever housing.


To Fit
1. Insert the end of the selector rod through the rubber gaiter. Put the gear-lever housing in place in the car.





2. Plug in the electrical connection to the ignition switch and fit the cable entry into the gear-lever housing.
3. Fit the air duct before bolting down the gear-lever housing.
4. Tighten the gear-lever housing (4 bolts). Note that there are 2 guide pins on the gear-lever housing.
Tightening torque 8 Nm (6 ft. lbs.)
5. Engage 4th gear and insert locking pin 87 92 632 into the gear-lever housing.





6. Tighten the pinch-bolt clamp at the gear linkage in the engine bay.
Tightening torque: 22 Nm (16 ft. lbs.).
7. Remove the locking pin from the gearbox and gear-lever housing.
8. Check that all gears can be engaged and that the key can be removed in reverse.
9. Fit the center console.