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Removing and installing gear knob: VW 2.0 (CDLA, CDLC, CDLK, CJXB, …)

Step-by-step removing and installing gear knob for the VW 2.0: 10 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.

10 steps 9 engine codes engine codes merged from 13 documented variants

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 138

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

CDLACDLCCDLKCJXBCJXCCYFBBYDCDLFCRZA

📋 Procedure

  1. Pull or carefully lever gaiter upwards out of centre console frame (arrows)
  2. Pull gaiter upwards, inside out over gear knob.
  3. Open clamp (arrow) and pull off gear knob together with gaiter.
  4. In this case, pull or carefully lever off centre console frame (arrow 1).
  5. Pull off noise insulation (arrow 2).
CDLA? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. First insert noise insulation.
  2. Push frame into centre console.
  3. Turn gaiter inside out.
  4. Install gear knob and gaiter and squeeze new clamp (arrow) together.
  5. Push gaiter into centre console frame.

Other VW procedures

Who makes these pages, and how

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.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.