AUDI A4 1998 B5 / 1.G 01A Transmission Assembly User Guide
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6 - 
Relay shaft 
Installation position   Page 34
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7 - 
Sealing washer 
8 - 
Right stop bolt 
40 Nm (30 ft lb)
9 - 
Shift rod Installation position   Page 34
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Replacing shift rod sealing washer   Page 34
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10 - 
Shift detent 
Installation position   Page 34
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11 - 
Torx  bolt 
25 Nm (18 ft lb)With shoulder to secure shift detent spring
12 - 
Shift rod with 1st/2nd/5th and reverse 
gear shift fork Disassembling and assembling   Page 34
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Removing and installing ball sleeve   
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Drive pinion with hollow shaft 
Disassembling and assembling   Page 35
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Adjusting  Page 39
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Servicing drive pinion and hollow shaft 
bearings  Page 35
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14 - 
Transmission cover 
Removing and installing oil collector tray 
Fig. 1
 
15 - 
Torx  bolt 
22 Nm (16 ft lb)
16 - 
Compression spring 
17 - 
Torsen differential cover Removing and installing with transmission 
installed  Page 34
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Removing and installing Torsen differential 
from cover   Page 34
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Servicing cover   Page 34
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18 - 
Torx  bolt 
22 Nm (16 ft lb)
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Removing  
Installing  Fig. 1  Removing and installing oil collector tray
-  Turn oil collector tray (arrow) and pull out.
-  Push oil collector tray into transmission, until it snaps in.
   Oil collector tray faces upward in transmission cover.
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Input shaft ball bearing, multi-function 
switch, input shaft, drive pinion, shift 
rods, transmission cover and Torsen 
differential cover, removing and 
installing
 
     
Notes:  
     
To remove the above-mentioned components it 
is not necessary to remove the differential. 
     Removal is only necessary when adjustments 
have to be performed   Page 39
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 , list of 
adjustments 
     
Special tools and equipment  
     
VW309 holding plate
     VW353 transmission support
     3235 press device
     VAG1306 drip tray
     VAG1582 taper roller bearing puller
     
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VAG1582/3 attachment to VAG1582
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Removing  
     
-  Place drip tray below transmission.
     
-  Drain gear oil.
     
-  Secure transmission to assembly stand   Page 
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Notes:  -  Remove clutch release lever -A- with release bearing.
Before removing the guide sleeve, slide a shrink tube over the input 
shaft splines to protect the seal. Remove the seal in the guide sleeve   Page 30
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-  Remove guide sleeve -B-. 
-  Remove dished washer -C-.
-  Remove circlip -D- in front of input shaft ball bearing.
-  Note thickness of circlip, if ball bearing, drive axle or transmission 
housing is not replaced. 
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-  Pull input shaft ball bearing out of transmission housing.
    
-  Remove circlip (arrow) behind input shaft ball bearing.
-  Note thickness of circlip, if ball bearing, drive axle or transmission 
housing are not replaced. 
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-  Remove cover -A- together with Torsen differential from transmission 
cover -B-. 
-  Remove compression spring from drive pinion.
-  Remove transmission cover -B- from transmission housing -C-.
    
-  Remove bolts (arrows) and pull out multi-function switch.
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-  Remove relay shaft stop bolts (arrows) items 4, 8   Page 34
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-  Unbolt shift detent (arrow) and swing it out.
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-  Input shaft -A-, drive pinion -B-, relay shaft -C-, selector rods -D- with 
shift rod and selector forks -E- must all be carefully pulled out together. 
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