6-speed manual gearbox 0A2 — Removing and installing locating sleeves for selector shaft with gearbox installed — VW
6-speed manual gearbox 0A2 — Removing and installing locating sleeves for selector shaft with gearbox installed on VW: 14 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Passat B5 (3B)
- Opens: clutch fluid
- Special tools named: puller
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- Locating sleeve (arrow B) can be removed in the same manner.
- Do not cant locating sleeve when driving in.Locating sleeve (arrow B) can be installed in the same manner.
📋 Procedure
- Allocate locating sleeves according to Electronic parts catalogue.
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior50Noise insulation.
- Separate electrical connector (1) on reversing light switch F4.
- Remove bolt (arrow) and remove retainer for clutch hydraulic line (2).
- Screw spindle of multi-purpose toolVW 771 into shaft of puller T40054/1 .
- Slide puller over locating sleeve (arrow A).
- Secure puller by pushing on sleeve T40054/2 in (direction of arrow) to stop.
- Drive out locating sleeve upwards using multi-purpose toolVW 771. [Note: Locating sleeve (arrow B) can be removed in the same manner.]
- Lightly moisten shaft of locating sleeves as well as holes in gearbox with gear oil.
- Insert locating sleeve (arrow A) in puller T40054/1 and secure by pushing sleeve T40054/2 over it.
- Drive locating sleeve into gearbox to stop using multi-purpose toolVW 771. [Note: Do not cant locating sleeve when driving in.Locating sleeve (arrow B) can be installed in the same manner.]
- Bolt on retainer for clutch hydraulic line (2) together with connecting rod (arrow).
- Join electrical connection (1) to reversing light switch F4.
- Install noise insulation General body repairs, exterior50Noise insulation.
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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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