Removing and installing gearbox GAZelle Next

We remove the gearbox when replacing the clutch plates, when dismantling the engine, and when repairing the gearbox itself.

We prepare the vehicle for the work.

We place the vehicle on an inspection pit or a lift.

We disconnect the negative battery terminal.

We drain the oil from the gearbox.

We set the gear lever to the neutral position.

We remove the gear lever boot from the hatch cover and lift the boot up along the lever.

Boot removed from the hatch cover and lifted along the lever — Fig. 1. We remove the gear lever boot.

We unscrew the lever cap.

Unscrewing the lever cap — Fig. 2. We unscrew the lever cap.

If the cap cannot be unscrewed by hand, we unscrew it with adjustable pliers.

We extract the gear lever upwards from the gearbox.

We remove the propeller shaft.

Removal of the propeller shaft — Fig. 3. We remove the propeller shaft.

We squeeze the clip of the reverse light switch connector.

Squeezing the connector clip — Fig. 4. We squeeze the connector clip.

We disconnect the connector from the reverse light switch.

Disconnected connector — Fig. 5. We disconnect the connector.

We release the clip of the speed sensor connector.

Releasing the sensor connector clip — Fig. 6. We release the clip of the speed sensor connector.

We separate the speed sensor connector.

Separated sensor connector — Fig. 7. We separate the speed sensor connector.

We unscrew the nut of the bolt, extract the bolt and detach the downpipe from the bracket.

Downpipe detached from the bracket — Fig. 8. We detach the downpipe from the bracket.

We unscrew the two nuts securing the rear powertrain mount to the crossmember.

Rear powertrain mount on the crossmember — Fig. 9. We unscrew the rear mount nuts.

We unscrew eight nuts and remove the rear powertrain mount crossmember.

Removed rear mount crossmember — Fig. 10. We remove the rear mount crossmember.

We unscrew the two bolts securing the clutch slave cylinder to the clutch housing and move the cylinder aside.

Clutch slave cylinder moved aside — Fig. 11. We move the clutch slave cylinder aside.

We unscrew the bolt securing the frame of the release fork boot.

Frame of the release fork boot — Fig. 12. We unscrew the fork boot frame bolt.

We remove the release fork together with the boot and frame.

Removed release fork — Fig. 13. We remove the fork with boot and frame.

We unscrew the two lower nuts securing the gearbox to the clutch housing.

Gearbox securing nuts from below — Fig. 14. We unscrew the lower gearbox securing nuts.

We unscrew the two upper nuts securing the gearbox.

Gearbox securing nuts from above — Fig. 15. We unscrew the upper gearbox securing nuts.

We remove the gearbox, carefully withdrawing the input shaft so as not to damage the clutch basket fingers.

We install the gearbox in the reverse sequence.

Tightening torques:

nuts securing the gearbox to the clutch housing — 50–62 N·m;
bolts securing the clutch slave cylinder to the clutch housing — 14–20 N·m;
nuts of the bolts securing the propeller shaft intermediate bearing to the frame crossmember — 12–18 N·m.