Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Jetta. Manual - part 278
34-26
Functional check
Gear shift lever must rest in 3rd/4th gear gate
with transmission in neutral.
- Operate clutch.
- Select all gears several times. Pay particular
attention to operation of reverse gear lock.
Should a gear fail to engage smoothly after
repeated selection of 1st, 2nd, 5th or 6th gear,
check the following:
- Carefully guide gear shift lever in neutral to left
into gate for 1st/2nd gear.
If this cannot be accomplished:
Selector shaft must move downward (arrow
- To check if shift mechanism is correctly
adjusted, have second technician attempt to
push locking pin -A- into transmission (direction
of arrow) and thus into selector shaft gate.
- Adjust selector mechanism,
Page 34-22
Gear selector mechanism, servicing