Disassembling Gear Housing
Disassembling gear housing1. Remove front transmission case cover, disassemble front gear set and remove gear housing.
Disassembling gearshift mechanism
1. Unscrew screw plug (no. 12 in overview) and remove compression spring and locking pin (nos. 13 and 14 in overview).
2. Remove circlip (no. 15 in overview) with screwdriver.
3. Remove shift catch to the inside with roller (nos. 17 and 18 in overview).
4. Pull shift lever outwards with rubber washer (nos. 16 and 21 in overview).
5. Lever out shaft seal (no. 19 in overview) with screwdriver.
6. Drive out bearing sleeves (no. 20 in overview) with special tool pressure piece 9648.
Removing outer bearing race
1. Remove snap ring (no. 2 or 5 in overview) with screwdriver.
2. Drive out outer bearing race (no. 4 or 7 in overview) with special tool pressure piece P 254 b or special tool pressure piece P 254 a and special tool pull-in tool and extractor P 254.
3. Remove snap ring (no. 3 or 6 in overview) from groove in outer bearing race.
Removing ball sleeves
1. Knock ball sleeve (nos. 8 to 11 in overview) outwards with internal puller 14 - 20 mm and special tool striker VW 771.
Removing screw plug
1. Unscrew screw plug (no. 1 in overview) with Allen key.