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Gear shift drive
"Arrow A". Turning on.
"Arrow B". Choice.
1. Connecting rod.
2. Pusher rod.
3. Shift rod.
4. Gear shift lever.
Gearshift lever handle with cover
1. Gear shift lever tip with gear shift lever cuff.
2. Clamp: Secures the shift knob to the gear shift lever; secure with the hose clamp clamp "VAG 1275".
3. Corrugated casing: supplied only assembled with support ring; remove and install together with sound insulation.
4. Support ring: supplied only assembled with corrugated casing.
5. Soundproofing.
6. Gasket.
7. Nut: 8 Nm.
8. Fastening: for shift lever bushing.
9. Gear shift lever with lever bushings.
Removal and installation the ball head with the gearshift lever sleeve
The gearshift lever knob is removed together with the gearbox lever gaiter. Lift the gearbox lever gaiter with the wedge "3409" "arrows" and pull it upwards.
Turn the cuff upwards through the shift lever handle. Open the clamp clamp "arrow" and remove the handle together with the gearshift lever sleeve.
Installation in reverse order. Secure the "arrow" clamp using the "VAG 1275" clamp collet.
Removal and installation sound insulation
Turn off the ignition. Remove the gearshift lever handle with the gearshift lever boot. Remove the multimedia system control panel. "E380".
Unlock the locking pads "1" in the direction of the arrow. While doing so, lift the rear sound insulation. Remove the noise insulation shield from the fasteners "3". Remove the corrugated boot "2" from the gearshift lever handle in the direction of the arrow.
Installation
Insert the sound insulation into the linings "1" and press them down until the locking linings "2" snap into place. Install the bellows through the gearshift lever into the rounded groove marked "arrow A." Press the support ring in the bellows until it stops through the gearshift lever bushing marked "arrow B.".
Installation in reverse order: Install the multimedia system control panel. "E380". Install the gear shift knob with the gear shift lever boot.
(The original article is located on the online resource «AudiManual»)