Removing and installing gear lever with push rod (rear): Audi A4 B5
Step-by-step removing and installing gear lever with push rod (rear) for the Audi A4 B5: 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.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 B5 (8D)
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- The gear lever boot is removed together with the cover for the centre console.
📋 Procedure
- Unscrew gear knob from gear lever. [Note: The gear lever boot is removed together with the cover for the centre console.]
- Lift off cover for centre console slightly (arrows A).
- Pull cover slightly towards rear (arrow B) and then lift off complete cover.
- Unscrew noise insulation for selector housing (arrows).
- Remove nuts (1) for selector housing.
- Unscrew hexagon socket head bolt (2) and detach push rod.
- Unscrew hexagon socket head bolt (3) and detach selector rod.
- Then detach entire push rod (rear) from selector housing (arrows).
- Remove gear lever with push rod (rear) from selector housing.
- Adjust selector mechanism .
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