Removing and installing selector mechanism and selector housing — VW
Removing and installing selector mechanism and selector housing on VW: 13 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 121
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- Always renew gasket together with selector housing.
📋 Procedure
- Remove selector mechanism .
- Separate exhaust system on front separating point 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Separating exhaust pipes, silencers.
- Detach exhaust system 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Assembly overview - silencer.
- Remove heat shield General body repairs, exterior66Mouldings/trims/extensions; Removing and installing floor heat shield.
- Remove nuts (arrows).
- Remove selector housing downwards.
- Always renew gasket together with selector housing.
- Bolt new selector housing to crash plate (arrows).
- Install heat shield General body repairs, exterior66Mouldings/trims/extensions; Removing and installing floor heat shield.
- Assemble and attach exhaust system 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Removing and installing silencer.
- Install centre console General body repairs, interior68Centre console; Removing and installing centre console.
- Check gear lever guide and adjust as necessary .
- Install gear knob .
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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