Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta. Manual - part 510

console or pry it out carefully -arrows-.

Note

On some equipment versions, the boot must be pryed out at the

front area.

– Fold the boot with the center console cover up over the shifter

knob.

– Open the clamp -arrow- and remove the shift knob and boot.
In some equipment versions, the center console cover remains in

the center console.
– Pull the center console cover out or pry it out carefully.

– Remove the noise insulation -1-.
Installing
– Install the noise insulation.

Installation Location, Noise Insulation:
• -Arrow A- points in direction of travel.
• The tabs -arrows B- must latch into the center console.
– Press the center console cover into the center console.
– Then turn inner side of boot toward outside.
Install the shift knob all the way on.

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clamp -arrow- together.

– Press the boot and the cover into the center console or press

the boot into the cover.

1.5

Overview - Gearshift Lever and Gearshift Housing, through 10/2006

Note

Lubricate the bearing areas and the sliding surfaces. Refer to the Parts Catalog for the grease allocation.

1 - Lock Washer

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Removing and

Installing the Lock

Washer”“ , page 59

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2 - Bushing
3 - Pressure Spring
4 - Bushing
5 - TORX® Bolt

❑ 5 Nm

6 - Cover
7 - Insulation
8 - Insulation
9 - Bearing Shell
10 - Gearshift Lever Guide
11 - Washer
12 - Seal

❑ Between the gearshift

housing and the under‐

body

❑ Self-adhesive
❑ Affix to the gearshift

housing

13 - Gearshift Lever
14 - Gearshift Housing
15 - Bearing Bushing
16 - Mounting Pin
17 - Guide Bushing
18 - Pressure Spring

❑ Installing. Refer to 

⇒ Fig. ““Installing the Pressure Spring”“ , page 59

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❑ 5 Nm

21 - Seal

❑ Replace after removing

22 - Base Plate

❑ Bend the tabs in order to remove
❑ Replace after removing

23 - Selector Cable

❑ To the selector bracket
❑ Removing and installing. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Detaching from the Selector Cable and the Shift Cable and Attaching”“ , page 58

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24 - Gearshift Cable

❑ Removing from the shift lever guide and attaching to the shift lever guide. Refer to

⇒ Fig. ““Detaching from the Selector Cable and the Shift Cable and Attaching”“ , page 58

25 - Lock Washer

❑ Replace after removing

26 - Nut

❑ M 8: 25 Nm
❑ M 6: 8 Nm
❑ Quantity: 4

27 - Bearing Bushing

❑ Fits in one position only

28 - Lock Washer

❑ Replace after removing

Detaching from the Selector Cable and the Shift Cable and At‐

taching
– Remove the lock washer from the shift cable -A- and the se‐

lector cable -B-.

Lift the tab with a screwdriver -arrow 1- and remove the lock

washer -arrow 2-.
– Remove the shift cable -A- from the gearshift lever mount.
– Remove the selector cable -B- from the selector bracket

mount.

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-arrow C- and remove or install the lock washer -arrow A-.

Note

♦

Do not tilt the bushing when pushing it down.

♦

The slot in the lever for the circlip must be visible.

♦

Carefully release the tension on the spring.

Installing the Pressure Spring
– Install the compression spring so that the brace -A- contacts

upper part of pin -arrow-.

– Pull the brace -B- downward so that it reached the bottom of

the pin -arrow-.

1.6

Gearshift Lever and Gearshift Housing,

from 11/2006

⇒ “1.6.1 Overview - Gearshift Lever and Gearshift Housing, from

11/2006”, page 59
⇒ “1.6.2 Selector Mechanism, Disassembling and Assembling”,

page 61

1.6.1

Overview - Gearshift Lever and Gearshift Housing, from 11/2006

Note

♦

Lubricate the bearing areas and the sliding surfaces. Refer to the Parts Catalog for the grease allocation.

♦

Gearshift Mechanism, Disassembling and Assembling. Refer to

⇒ “1.6.2 Selector Mechanism, Disassembling and Assembling”, page 61

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