Shift Mechanism
Shift Mechanism
Removing
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Torque Wrench (5-50 Nm) (V.A.G 1331)
• For the correct grease allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.
- First, check whether a coded radio is installed. If so, obtain the anti-theft code.
- Turn off the ignition and disconnect the battery ground cable.
- Remove the shift knob, boot and noise insulation. Refer to one of the following:
Passat and CC, refer to => [ Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation ] Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation.
GTI (2006-2009) and Eos
- Remove the foot well trim panel from the center console and the ashtray or storage compartment and then remove the center console.
Golf/GTI (from 2010)
- Remove the ashtray or storage compartment from the center console.
Continuation for All
The foot well rear channel is located above the bracket for the center console on some vehicles.
- Remove the foot well rear channel.
GTI (2006-2009), Eos, Passat and CC
Golf/GTI (from 2010)
- Remove the nut from the bracket in the center console.
- Remove the nuts from the shift housing (see graphic below).
- Lower the shift housing.
• If it is not possible to lower the shift housing, then the nuts on the shift housing are located under the bracket on the center console.
• It will be necessary to remove the bracket from the center console.
- Remove the interior monitoring sensor (if equipped) from the rear nuts.
Removing the shift housing nuts - arrows -.
- Remove the air filter housing if it is located over the transmission shift lever. Refer to one of the following:
Gas engines
- Remove the shift cable lock washer - 3 - from the transmission shift lever - 1 -.
- Remove the shift cable from the pin - arrow -.
with a Metal Relay Lever
- Remove the selector cable lock washer - 4 - from the relay lever - 2 -.
- Remove the selector cable from the pin - arrow -.
with a Plastic Relay Lever
Disconnecting the Cable Retainer from the Selector Cable
• To avoid damage to the selector cable, the cable retainer must first be removed from the selector lever.
- 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 -.
- Press the relay lever forward, in the - direction of arrow 3 -.
- Remove the relay lever with the cable retainer. Refer to => [ From 03.07 - Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever.
Continuation for All
The cable bracket is secured with either two bolts and a nut - arrows -,
or three bolts - arrows -.
- Remove the noise insulation. Refer to one of the following:
GTI (2006-2009), Golf/GTI (from 2010) and Passat
Eos
CC
- Remove the tunnel braces.
- Remove the floor panel trim.
- Separate the front exhaust system front section at the double clamp and remove it from the subframe.
- Disengage the exhaust system rear section and remove the heat shield.
- Pivot the shift mechanism downward and remove it with the cables.
Installing
Install in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:
- Align the shift mechanism so that it is parallel to the body.
• The distance on both sides to the body must be equal.
For the tightening specifications for the shift mechanism nuts, refer to one of the following:
Through 10.06, see - item 26 - in => [ Shift Lever and Housing, through 10.06 ] Shift Lever and Housing, through 10.06.
From 11.06, see - item 16 - in => [ Shift Lever and Housing, from 11.06 ] Shift Lever and Housing, from 11.06.
- Route the cables - 1 - from the shift mechanism - 2 - to the transmission as follows:
• The cables must run parallel to each other and must not cross each other.
• The cables must be routed inside the depression in the heat shield - 3 -.
• The heat shield is shown from above in the magnified view.
A clip - A - holds the cables in place to the heat shield.
The cable retainer holes have different diameters.
Allocation of cable retainers, refer to => [ Cable Retainer Allocation ] Shift and Selector Cables Overview.
- Apply a small amount of grease on the pins - arrows - on the transmission shift lever - 1 - and on the relay lever - 2 -.
• Grease allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.
- Replace the lock washers - 3 and 4 - on a metal relay lever each time they are removed.
- Secure the shift cable with the lock washer - 3 - and the selector cable with the lock washer - 4 -.
Cable Retainer with Plastic Relay Lever
- The relay lever and cable retainer must be installed together. Refer to => [ From 03.07 - Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever.
- Insert the selector cable into the cable retainer.
Continuation for All
- Install the interior monitoring sensor (if equipped) on the nuts.
- Install the bracket and the center console.
- Install the shift knob, boot, and noise insulation. Refer to the following:
Passat and CC, refer to => [ Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation ] Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation.
- Install the floor panel trim.
- Assemble the exhaust system free of tension and install the tunnel braces. Refer to one of the following:
Gas engines
Adjust the shift mechanism. Refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.
- If removed, install the air filter housing. Refer to one of the following:
Gas engines
- Observe the work sequence after connecting the battery.
Tightening Specifications
