Skoda Fabia II 2007 Workshop Manual page 119

– Unscrew nut -arrow- on both vehicle sides and remove cou‐
pling rods from the anti-roll bar.
– Unscrew nuts -arrows- at left steering joint.
– Undo nuts from the holder of the front left vehicle level sender
- G78- (when present on vehicle).
– Unhook suspension arm from track control arm.
– Swivel the spring unit outwards- while doing so, press the drive
shaft out of the gearbox mounting by hitting on it with a plastic
hammer on the wedge - T10161- .
– Tie up drive shaft.
– Repeat the same procedure on the opposite side of the vehicle
as well.
– Remove the cap from assembly opening for the converter
nuts.
– Unscrew the 6 nuts -arrow- from the torque converter. To do
so turn the crankshaft each time 60°.
Note
If not all 6 nuts are unscrewed from the torque converter, the tor‐
que converter is pulled out when removing the gearbox from the
engine!
– Lower the engine/gearbox assembly with the spindle approx.
50 mm.
Vehicles with aluminium assembly carrier
Fabia II 2007 ➤ , Fabia II 2009 ➤ , Fabia II 2011 ➤ , Octavia II 2004 ➤ ...
Gearbox 09G - Edition 07.2014
3. Removing and installing the gearbox
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