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Dismantling and assembling selector shaft — AUDI

Dismantling and assembling selector shaft on Audi: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

10 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM

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  • Place bush or tube between selector shaft and spindle if spindle cannot be screwed in far enough.
  • Coat all shafts and bearings with gear oil before fitting.Heat needle bearing to approx. 80 °C before installing.
  • Shoulder of thrust washer must face towards bush.Bush collar must face towards synchromeshed gear.

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove selector shaft .
  2. Remove locking collar from synchromeshed gear. [Note: Place bush or tube between selector shaft and spindle if spindle cannot be screwed in far enough.]
  3. Install synchromeshed gear (1) into separating tool Kukko 17-2. Install counter support Kukko 18-2, position spindle centrally in selector shaft and turn spindle until shaft is pushed out of synchromeshed gear.
  4. Remove selector shaft with needle bearing. Remove roller bearing from shaft.
  5. Remove thrust washer and bush. Remove synchromeshed gear from counter support Kukko 18-2. [Note: Coat all shafts and bearings with gear oil before fitting.Heat needle bearing to approx. 80 °C before installing.]
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  1. Fit needle bearing (arrows) onto selector shaft (1)(in direction of arrow). [Note: Shoulder of thrust washer must face towards bush.Bush collar must face towards synchromeshed gear.]
  2. Fit synchromeshed gear (arrow) onto selector shaft (1)(in direction of arrow). Then push thrust washer (2) onto shaft and fit bush (3) onto shaft.
  3. Press bush (arrow) with tubeVW 416 B onto selector shaft (1).
  4. Push locking collar onto shaft.
  5. Install selector shaft .

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.