Shifter M/T: Adjustments

Shift Mechanism, Adjusting

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Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Connecting Pin (T10027 A)

• The following points are essential to guarantee correct shift mechanism adjustment:

• The shift mechanism operating and transfer elements must work properly.

• The shift mechanism must move freely.

• The transmission, clutch and clutch mechanism must also be in proper condition.

• Transmission is in neutral.

- Remove the air filter housing if locking pin - A - and securing mechanism from shift and selector lever cables are not accessible.





- Pull the safety mechanism on the cable retainer for the shift and selector cables all the way forward in the - direction of arrow 1 - and then lock it to the left in the - direction of arrow 2 -.





Hold the shift shaft secure as follows:





- Push the shift shaft in the - direction of arrow 1 -.

- While pressing the shift shaft down, rotate the locking pin - A - in the - direction of arrow 2 - upward and simultaneously press it in until it engages in the shift shaft.

- Remove the shift knob and boot. Refer to => [ Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation ] Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation.

- If equipped, remove the noise insulation.

Hold the gear shift lever secure as follows:

- Move the gear shift lever into neutral.

- Install connecting pin (T10027 A) through hole - A - and into hole - B -.





- Now, turn the locking mechanism on the shift and selector cable retainers toward the right as far as the stop in the - direction of the arrow -.





The spring will push the safety mechanism into the starting position.

- Turn the locking pin - A - back into the starting position in the - direction of the arrow -.





• The locking pin - A - must be pressed out of the gear shift unit as far as the stop and it must face toward the rear.





- Remove the (T10027 A) from the holes - A and B -.





- If equipped, install the noise insulation.

- Install the shift knob and boot. Refer to => [ Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation ] Shift Knob, Boot and Noise Insulation.

- Check the shift shaft for ease of movement.

- Install the air filter housing, if necessary.

Function

• The shift lever must rest in the 3rd/4th gear selector lever gate when the transmission is in neutral.

- Operate the clutch.

- Move the gear shift lever several times through all the gears. Pay particular attention to the operation of the reverse gear lock.

- Should a gear fail to engage smoothly after repeated selection, adjust the shift mechanism again, refer to => [ Shift Mechanism, Adjusting ] Adjustments.