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Selector Shaft Seal






Selector Shaft Seal

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Sleeve (VW 423)

Pulling Hook (T20143)

Sealing Grease for Seal (G 052 128 A1)

Removing

- Remove the air filter housing.

- Remove the shift cable lock washer - 3 - from the transmission shift lever - 1 -.






- Remove the shift cable - 2 - from the transmission shift lever pin - arrow -.

To avoid damage to the selector cable, the cable retainer must be disconnected from the relay lever before removal.

- Pull the locking mechanism all the way forward in the - direction of arrow 1 - and then unlock it to the left in the - direction of arrow 2 -.






- Push the relay lever forward and guide the selector cable out of the cable retainer.

- Remove the clip - arrow 1 - and then remove the relay lever together with the cable retainer - arrow 2 -.






If it is not possible to remove the relay lever through the transmission bracket, then remove the sliding shoe from the transmission shift lever.

- Remove the transmission shift lever from the gear shift shaft.

- Remove the seal using the pulling hook (T20143/1).






Installing

- Lightly coat the outer circumference of the new seal with oil.






- Fill the area between the sealing and dust lips - arrow - halfway with sealing grease for seal (G 052 128 A1).

- Install the seal using the sleeve (VW 423).






- Install the transmission shift lever to the gear shift unit, refer to => [ Transmission Shift Lever, Installing ] Shift Mechanism Overviews and tighten the nut to specification. See - item 6 - in => [ Shift and Selector Cables ] Shift Mechanism Overviews.

Grease the bearing areas and sliding surfaces on the relay lever and transmission shift lever, refer to => [ Relay Lever, Lubricating ] Shift Mechanism Overviews and to => [ Transmission Shift Lever, Lubricating ] Shift Mechanism Overviews. For the correct grease, refer to the Parts Catalog.

- Install the relay lever and cable retainer - arrow 2 - all the way into the gear shift cover.






- Install the clip - arrow 1 - and make sure it is locked into place.

- Apply a small amount of grease to the transmission shift lever pin - arrow -.






For the correct grease allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.

- Secure the shift cable - 2 - to the transmission shift lever with a new lock washer - 3 -.

- Install the selector cable into the cable retainer on the relay lever.

- Adjust the shift mechanism. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.

- Install the air filter housing.