Removing and installing shift unit on vehicles from 11.2005 onwards — AUDI
Removing and installing shift unit on vehicles from 11.2005 onwards on Audi: 21 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 A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)
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- Mark installation position of support bracket for selector lever cable.
- Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.
- The assistance of a second mechanic is required to detach the selector mechanism from below.
- Before installing, lightly lubricate ball socket on selector lever cable with polycarbamide greaseG 052 142 A2.Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.
- Fit support bracket for selector lever cable according to marking on the gearbox.
📋 Procedure
- Remove rear cross piece (arrows).
- Release fasteners marked (2) and (arrow) (if fitted) and remove rear noise insulation panel.
- Remove front cross piece (arrows).
- Remove propshaft Rear final drive 01R39 or Rear final drive 0AR39.
- Loosen inner side of covers on vehicle underside (left and right).
- Remove heat shield (arrow).
- Mark installation position of support bracket for selector lever cable.
- Pry ball socket (1) of selector lever cable off selector shaft lever.
- Unscrew bolts (arrows) of support bracket for selector lever cable. [Note: Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.]
- Remove front and rear sections of centre console 68.
- Unplug electrical connectors (2) and (4).
- Remove bolts (1, 3, 5, 6). [Note: The assistance of a second mechanic is required to detach the selector mechanism from below.]
- Press retaining clips (arrows) inwards and lower selector mechanism. [Note: Before installing, lightly lubricate ball socket on selector lever cable with polycarbamide greaseG 052 142 A2.Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.]
- Fit support bracket for selector lever cable according to marking on the gearbox.
- Adjust selector lever cable .
- Check selector mechanism .
- Install propshaft Rear final drive 01R39 or Rear final drive 0AR39.
- Install exhaust system and perform stress-free alignment 26..
- Install rear cross piece 40.
- Install front cross piece 50.
- Install front and rear sections of centre console 68.
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- Installing engine · 36 torque figures
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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