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Shift Actuator: Service and Repair






Handle Button, Moving Into the Installed Position

Handle with the Button on the Side:

- Pull the button out of the handle just far enough until there is a small gap between the handle and the button. The button locks when released.






- Prevent the button from being pressed in using a cable tie or wire.

Handle with the Button in the Front:

The button cannot be pulled out on these handles.

There are two way to move the button into the installed position, with or without an assembly aid. The following describes both ways.

Moving the Handle With an Assembly Aid into the Installed Position:

Make sure the assembly aid has an eye - arrow - at the front. Other the assembly aid cannot be used.

- Press the button and push the assembly aid (with the eye) - arrow - all the way in, until it latches into place. Then release the button. The button locks into the installed position when the assembly aid is pulled out.

Moving the Handle Without an Assembly Aid into the Installed Position:

- Remove the trim - A - from the handle.

- Push the small lever - 1 - into the groove - 2 - with a screwdriver. This pushes the button - 3 - into the installed position.


- I - the button is in the pressed position

- II - the button is in the installed position

Push the lever into the groove and no further.

Install the trim back onto the handle only after the handle is installed. This way it is possible to see if the small lever fits into the pull rod when the button is pushed.