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Gear Shift Unit Overview






Gear Shift Unit Overview

Coat the bearings and sliding surfaces with grease (G 000 450 02).






1 Nut

23 Nm

Self-locking

Always replace.

2 Transmission Shift Lever

Insert so that master spline aligns with the shift rod.

Can be replaced with the shift mechanism still installed.

Installed position, refer to => [ Transmission Shift Lever/Relay Lever, Installed Position ] Shift and Selector Cables Overview.

Installing, refer to => [ Installing the Transmission Shift Lever ] Shift and Selector Cables Overview.

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

3 Sliding Shoe

Attached into the relay lever - item 5 -.

4 Bushing

Not needed for the plastic relay lever.

5 Relay Lever

Installed position, refer to => [ Transmission Shift Lever/Relay Lever, Installed Position ] Shift and Selector Cables Overview.

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

Made of plastic from May 2007. Refer to => [ Plastic Relay Lever ] Plastic Relay Lever.

6 Gear Shift Unit

Consisting of the gear shift shaft and the gear shift cover.

The components cannot be separated from each other.

Can be removed and installed with the transmission installed.

Gear shift shaft adapted together with the revised reverse gear selector fork bearing, see - item 5 - in the => [ Shift Forks ] Shift Forks

Allocation, gear shift shafts. Refer to => [ Allocation, Gear Shift Shafts ].

7 Bushing

For the selector shaft.

Removing and installing, see - item 16 - in the => [ Transmission Housing ] Transmission Housing.

8 O-ring

Always replace.

Insert in the groove in the shift cover.

Install using transmission fluid.

9 Cap

For the transmission ventilation.

10 Circlip

For the relay lever

Not installed with a plastic relay lever.

Always replace.

11 Selector Shaft Seal

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Selector Shaft Seal ] Selector Shaft Seal.

Allocation, Gear Shift Shafts