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Transmission, Disassembly






Transmission, Disassembly

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Holding Plate (VW 309)

Transmission Support (VW 353)

Thrust Tube (VW 455)

Slide Hammer-Complete Set (VW 771)

Adapter (VW 771/44)

Support Bridge (T10323)

Socket and Extended Bit (T10107 A)

Counter-Hold Tool (3435)

Thrust Piece (T10042)

Counter Hold Tool (T10371)

Thrust Piece (T10233)

Heat Gun (V.A.G 1416)

Kukko Extractor 14.5-18.5 mm (21/2)

Kukko Separating Tool 5-60 mm (17/0)

Kukko Support (22/1)

Front and Rear Bearing Tool (3348/2)

Sealing Paste (AMV 188 200 03)

Universal Grease (G 060 735 A2)

Disassembly

- Install the transmission to the transmission support (VW 353) with the bolts - arrows -.






- Use holes - 1 and 2 -.






- Remove the clutch slave cylinder with release bearing bolts - arrows A - and slave cylinder.

- Remove the bolt - arrow B - for the right stub shaft.

- Remove the stub shaft.

- Place a drip tray under the transmission.

- Drain the transmission fluid.

- Remove the clutch housing to transmission housing bolts.

- Install the thrust tube (VW 455) over the input shaft on the clutch housing and secure the input shaft - B -.






- Install a separating tool 5-60 mm - A -, for example (17/0) , tightly behind the input shaft splines.

The back of the separating tool must touch the thrust tube free-of-play.

- Move the shift unit selector shaft into the neutral position.

Ignore the - arrow -.






- Remove the backup lamp switch (F4) - A -.

- Remove the shift unit - B - bolts.

- Remove the shift unit from the transmission housing; while doing this, rotate the shift unit 180° when removing it.

The shift unit shift fingers must be guided through the selector rods.

- Remove the nuts - C -.

- Remove the trip recorder sensor (G75) - A - bolt - arrow - and sensor, if equipped.






- Remove the screws and the retainer plate - 1 -.






- Or, remove the stud bolt - arrow - and retaining bracket - 2 -.






- Push through the center of the sealing cap - C - using a screwdriver.






- Pry the sealing cap out of the transmission housing.

- If necessary, pull the cap off the transmission housing.

A Support , for example (22/1)
B Extractor 14.5-18.5 mm, for example (21/2)

Remove the locking ring - C - from the input shaft grooved ball bearing as follows:






- Hold one end of the locking ring with a screwdriver - A -.

- Pry the other end of the locking ring out of the groove in the grooved ball bearing - arrow - with a second screwdriver - B -.

- Reposition the screwdriver - B - and pry the locking ring out further.

- Counter hold the stub shaft using the counter hold tool (T10371) and remove the bolt for the left stub shaft - A -.






- Remove the stub shaft.

- Remove the transmission housing to clutch housing bolts.

If the bolts - B - are present, then these do not need to be removed in order to remove the transmission housing.

- Install the adapter (VW 771/44) all the way into the threaded bore in the transmission housing and secure it with the nut - A -.






- Heat the transmission housing in the area near the bearing seat for the grooved ball bearing/input shaft to approximately 100 °C (212 °F) for 10 minutes using a heat gun, for example, (V.A.G 1416).

- Separate the transmission housing from the clutch housing using the slide hammer (VW 771) and the adapter (VW 771/44). At the same time separate the transmission housing on the housing brace - arrow - from the clutch housing with a pry bar - B -.

- Remove the separating tool - A - and the thrust tube (VW 455) from the input shaft - B -.






- Remove the reverse gear selector fork - A -.






- Carefully bring the transmission into a slightly angled position, if necessary.

- Lift the input shaft - 1 - in the - direction of the arrow - just enough until it is possible to insert the counter-hold tool (3435).






- Rotate the transmission back into its original horizontal position.

- Attach the stub shaft - 1 - to the differential; this way the differential can be raised in the following work steps.






- Remove the 3rd and 4th gear output shaft - 2 - together with the selector shaft with selector fork - 3 -.

- Carefully bring the transmission into a slightly angled position.

- Push the 1st and 2nd gear output shaft - B - all the way up.






- Then remove the reverse gear output shaft - A -.


When the transmission is in an angled position, components of the transmission could come loose.

To prevent this, move the transmission back into its original horizontal position.

- Then remove the 1st and 2nd gear output shaft - B - together with the selector shaft with selector rod - C - from the clutch housing.

- Remove the input shaft - 1 - together with the selector shaft with selector rod - 2 -.






- Remove the differential - 3 - from the stub shaft.

- Remove the input shaft seal.

Always replace the grooved ball bearing - item 16 - in => [ Input Shaft Overview ] Input Shaft Overview on the input shaft.