Input Shaft: Adjustments

Selector Mechanism, Adjusting

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Connecting Pin (T10027 A)

• Trim Removal Wedge (3409)

• The following is important to make sure the shift adjustment is correct:

• Operating and transfer elements of the shift mechanism must be in proper working condition.

• The shift mechanism must move freely.

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

• Transmission is in neutral.

- Remove the air filter housing.

- Pull the locking mechanism on the shift and selector cables retainers all the way forward in the - direction of arrow 1 - and then lock them to the left in the - direction of arrow 2 -.






• The cables must slide in the cable retainer.

• Transmission is in neutral.

Secure the gear shift shaft as follows:






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

- While pressing the gear shift shaft down, rotate the locking pin - A - in the - direction of arrow 3 - upward and simultaneously in the - direction of arrow 2 - press it in until it engages in the gear shift shaft.

- Unclip the boot - B - and frame from the center console using the trim removal wedge (3409).






- Fold the boot and frame upward over the shift knob - A -.

Secure the shift lever inside the vehicle as follows:






- Move the shift lever into neutral.

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

• It must be possible to move the selector and shift cables - B - in the cable retainers - A -.






- Turn the locking mechanism on the cable retainers for the shift and selector cables all the way to the right in the - direction of arrow 1 -.

The spring will push the locking mechanism into the starting position in the - direction of arrow 2 -.

- Then, turn the locking pin - A - in the - direction of arrow 2 - back into it starting position.






• The locking pin - A - must get pushed out of the transmission in the - direction of arrow 1 -.

- Pull the connecting pin out of the holes - A and B -






- Carefully install the boot and frame, refer to => [ Shift Knob, Boot and Frame Overview ] Shift Knob, Boot and Frame Overview.

- Make sure the shift lever moves easily.

- Install the air filter housing.