5-speed manual gearbox 02R — Output shaft - dismantle and assemble — VW
5-speed manual gearbox 02R — Output shaft - dismantle and assemble on VW: 15 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform code POLO
- Special tools named: puller, feeler gauge
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- Support separating appliance so that the 1st. and 2nd. gear locking collar is not pulled off at the same time.
- If the components are not renewed, ensure they are reallocated to the original gear
- The shoulder has a chamfer on one side (arrow B)
- Insert locking pieces and install springs 120° offset. The angled end of the spring must locate in the hollow locking piece.
- Insert locking pieces and install springs 120° offset. The angled end of the circlip must rest at the front of the locking pieces (arrows).
📋 Procedure
- Fit gripping device and tension behind bearing rollers, then turn bearing and retension gripping device. [Note: Support separating appliance so that the 1st. and 2nd. gear locking collar is not pulled off at the same time.]
- First remove circlip (arrow).
- Before fitting puller insert a M10 x 20 hexagon bolt in the output shaft drilling.
- Fit thrust washer before pressing on the inner race. The shoulder points to the inner race.
- Place inner ring (A) on 1st. gear wheel.
- Install outer ring (B)
- Install synchro-ring(C) [Note: If the components are not renewed, ensure they are reallocated to the original gear]
- Press inner ring onto cone of selector gear and measure gap "“a”" using a feeler gauge.
- Press inner ring onto cone of selector gear and measure gap "“a”" using a feeler gauge. [Note: The shoulder has a chamfer on one side (arrow B)]
- Insert locking pieces and install springs 120° offset. The angled end of the spring must locate in the hollow locking piece.
- Insert locking pieces and install springs 120° offset. The angled end of the circlip must rest at the front of the locking pieces (arrows).
- Press inner ring onto cone of selector gear and measure gap "“a”" using a feeler gauge.
- Slide locking collar over synchro-hub.
- Insert locking pieces and install springs 120° offset. The angled end of the spring must locate in the hollow locking piece.
- Insert locking pieces and install springs 120° offset. The angled end of the circlip must rest at the front of the locking pieces (arrows).
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