25 11 000 Removing and Installing Shift Lever

25 11 000 - Removing and installing shift lever M3





Special tools required:
- 25 1 120






Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove exhaust system Service and Repair.
- Remove heat shield
- Remove knob 25 11 071 Replacing Knob for Shift Lever for shift lever
- Remove gaiter 25 11 081 Replacing Shift Lever Cover for shift lever cover.





Remove shift rod 25 11 101 Replacing Shift Rod(2).

Installation Note:
Grease shift rod pin.

Key:

1. Retainer
2. Shift rod






Important!
New retaining clips fitted as from 04.08.
Retaining clip must interlock captively with retaining web (1) behind shift rod pin.





Insert special tool 25 1 120 into mount and turn 90° counterclockwise.
Press mount upwards out of shift arm.





Feed U-gaiter from shift arm and out of body cutout.
Lift out shift lever.

Installation:
Pull U-gaiter from below completely over shift arm receptacle.





Installation:
Pull U-gaiter bead (4) over receptacle on shift arm and pop U-gaiter lips (3) into body cutout.
Make sure the arrow on the upper U-gaiter lip (3) is seated in the direction of travel and crossways to the shift lever eye (5).

Key:

1. Shift lever
2. U-gaiter moulded section
3. U-gaiter lips
4. U-gaiter bead
5. Shift lever eye






Installation Note:
Grease shift lever ball.
Fit mount on shift arm receptacle.
Align retaining lugs of mount to openings in receptacle (crossways to direction of travel).
Press shift arm with mount downwards until mount snaps audibly into place (if necessary, use a pressing-in tool).