Note: Removing the gearshift drive may be necessary when replacing faulty parts (for example, to replace a torn drive rod cover, a damaged drive rod). The sequence and number of operations indicated below can be changed depending on the purpose of the work.
To complete the work you will need an assistant, as well as an inspection pit or overpass.
Removal and disassembly
1. Prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair"),
2. Clean the thread of the clamp tie bolt with a wire brush. We treat the place where the rod connects to the hinge and the bolt with penetrating lubricant.
3. Using a 13 mm wrench, loosen the tightening of the clamp bolt nut.
4. Use a screwdriver to loosen the clamp and move it along the rod. We loosen the rod with a screwdriver.
5. After wiping the place where the rod connects to the hinge with a rag, mark the relative position of the drive rod and hinge.
6. Disconnect the rod from the hinge.
7. Disconnect the reaction rod from the base of the ball joint of the gear shift lever (see "Jet thrust - removal and installation").
8. In the car interior, use a thin slotted screwdriver to remove the plug from the gear shift lever handle.
Using a 13 mm socket wrench, loosen the nut securing the handle bolt and remove the handle from the gear shift lever.
10. Using a screwdriver, remove the cover from the floor tunnel trim and turn the cover inside out.
11. Disconnect the wiring harness from the reverse gear lock solenoid switch. We loosen or cut the plastic clamp.
12. Remove the switch from the gear shift lever.
13. Remove the floor tunnel lining (see "Floor Tunnel Lining - Removal and Installation").
If necessary, you can unscrew the four bolts securing the gearshift lever support to the body (see below) and remove the drive assembly.
14. Using a 13 mm wrench, unscrew the nut of the bolt securing the rod to the lever, holding the bolt from turning with a second wrench of the same size.
15. Remove the bolt from the lever. We remove the lever from the traction fork. We remove the metal and plastic washers and take out the metal spacer sleeve.
16. To remove the drive rod, lubricate it with soapy water and remove it from the hole in the cover.
17. Using a 13 mm socket head, unscrew the three bolts securing the bracket to the body.
Unscrew the fourth bracket mounting bolt with a spanner of the same size (access to it from above is blocked by an air duct).
18. Remove the bracket and the drive rod cover. We replace the torn cover.
19. Remove the gear shift lever support from the floor tunnel hole.
20. Using a puller, compress the locking ring of the ball joint of the lever and remove it from the base of the support.
21. Remove the lever from the support base.
22. Using a screwdriver, remove the upper sealing ring.
23. Remove the support from the lever.
Assembly and installation
We assemble and install the drive in the reverse order. Before tightening the clamp of the gear shift mechanism drive rod, adjust the drive (see below).
Adjustment
1. Loosen the clamp of the gear shift mechanism drive rod (see above 2-4).
2. Lift the lower part of the gear shift lever boot (see above p. 10).
3. Move the gear shift lever so that the lower part of the lever is perpendicular to the floor surface, and the lever handle is located at a distance from the right seat cushion approximately equal to ⅓ of the distance between the front seats and hold it in this position. At the same time, the assistant, having moved the clamp 2-3 mm from the end of the rod, tightens the clamp nut.
4. We install the cover in place and, trying to engage the gears, we make sure that the gear shift mechanism drive is working properly.