Disassembly and repair of the gearbox is required for the following faults

1. Spontaneous disengagement or fuzzy engagement of gears:

  • - wear of holes for balls on rods, breakage of retainer springs;
  • - wear of the synchronizer blocking ring;
  • - failure of the synchronizer spring;
  • - wear of the teeth of the synchronizer clutch or the synchronizer ring gear.

2. Increased noise in the gearbox:

  • - bearing wear;
  • - wear of gear teeth and synchronizers;
  • - axial movement of the shafts.

3. Difficult shifting:

  • - wear of the spherical joint of the gear lever, lack of lubrication in the assembly;
  • - deformation of the gear lever;
  • - burrs, curvature, contamination of the sockets of the rods, jamming of the locking crackers;
  • - pollution of the splines of the sliding sleeve and the hub;
  • - deformation of gear shift forks.

4. Low or leaking oil:

  • - wear of the seals of the primary and secondary shafts;
  • - loosening of the gearbox housing covers, damage to the gaskets;
  • - loosening of the fastening of the clutch housing to the gearbox housing.

The listed malfunctions may be caused by other reasons, the elimination of which does not require the removal and disassembly of the gearbox.

You will need: screwdrivers (two), interchangeable heads "by 13", "by 17", extension cord, wrench, keys "by 10", "by 13" (two), "by 17", "by 19" , "30", impact screwdriver, snap ring remover, hammer, universal pullers.

Drain the oil from the gearbox, remove the fork and clutch release bearing.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We dismantle the flange of the elastic coupling from the toe of the output shaft and the reversing light switch

The gear selector can be removed from the vehicle without removing the gearbox. For clarity, these operations are performed on the removed gearbox.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the cuff of the gear selection mechanism.

Setting the shift lever to neutral position

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a “10” head, unscrew the three nuts securing the gear lever housing

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Removing the gear selection mechanism

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

The connection is sealed with a gasket

For disassembly and assembly of the gearbox gear selection mechanism, see the article - "Disassembling the gearbox gear selection mechanism".

We install the gearbox with the clutch housing on the workbench.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a “10” head, we unscrew ten nuts securing the lower cover of the gearbox.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the cover

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the gasket.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a screwdriver, through the hole in the gear selection mechanism, we move down the stem of the fork of the I-II gears (this turns on the II gear).

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using the “13” key, we unscrew the rear cover fastening nut located inside the box body.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using the “13” key, we unscrew the five nuts securing the rear cover located outside the case.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We tap the tides of the cover with a hammer, while using a screwdriver (or a suitable piece of pipe with the output shaft seal removed) we hold the rear bearing on the output shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We move the cover off the studs and remove it by turning it clockwise (looking from the side of the output shaft shank) to prevent the cover from touching the rods and the gear unit of the 5th gear and reverse

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the cover gasket.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

To replace the bearing of the gear unit of the V gear and reverse, pry off the bearing rollers with a screwdriver and remove the rollers from the cage

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Retrieve the separator.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Hooking the outer ring of the bearing with a hook, we remove it from the socket of the rear cover

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the thrust ring of the rear bearing of the secondary shaft

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the outer ring of the bearing with the cage and rollers.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the inner race of the bearing.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the spacer

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the oil slinger.

To stop the shafts from turning, two gears must be engaged. II gear was engaged when the rear cover was removed.

Before engaging reverse or V gears, we release the fork for engaging these gears.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

To do this, use the “10” key to unscrew the bolt securing the fork to the stem.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Pressing the fork down with a screwdriver, we turn on the reverse gear

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a ring wrench (head) “by 17”, we unscrew the bolt securing the gear unit of the V gear and reverse gear.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the bolt

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the gear unit from the splines of the intermediate shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We clamp the V gear and reverse gear unit in a vise with soft metal jaw pads.

Using two screwdrivers, we press the inner ring of the gear block bearing

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the inner ring.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the V gear bushing

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the gear itself with the synchronizer blocking ring

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the hub

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the cover and gasket.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We take out the springs of the clamps (the spring of the rod of the V gear and reverse is longer than the other two and has a dark coating color)

Disassembling and assembling a VAZ-21213 gearbox

Use a magnetized screwdriver to remove all three latches

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We take out the V gear and reverse gear engagement rod with a fork.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the plug from the stem.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a magnetized screwdriver, we remove the blocking cracker from the hole in the gearbox housing, which is located between the crankcase slots for the rods of the 5th gear and reverse gear and III–IV gears.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the reverse driven gear from the secondary shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the key from the groove of the shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a “10” head, we unscrew the bolt that fastens to the stem of the III-IV gear fork.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We take out the stem.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

A blocking cracker is inserted into the hole of the rod, take it out.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using a magnetized screwdriver, we remove the blocking cracker from the hole in the gearbox housing, which is located between the crankcase slots for the rods of I–II and III and IV gears

- (this biscuit is noticeably longer than the biscuit located between the V gear engagement rod - reverse and the III-IV gear engagement rod).

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

With a “10” head, we unscrew the bolt fastening to the stem of the I-II gear fork

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We take out the stem.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using an impact screwdriver with a Phillips tip, we unscrew the three screws securing the lock plate of the intermediate bearing of the secondary shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

The screws are secured with special washers.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the lock plate.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using a 19 spanner wrench, unscrew the nut securing the reverse intermediate gear axle, holding the axle from turning with a 24 wrench

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the shaft of the reverse idler gear

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Having unscrewed the nuts securing the clutch housing, we separate the clutch and gearbox housings.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the gasket.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the spring washer with a conical surface from the input shaft (with a smaller diameter it faces the bearing).

We clamp the splined part of the input shaft in a vice with soft metal jaws.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using a “19” spanner, unscrew the bolt of the clamping washer of the front bearing of the intermediate shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a VAZ-21213 gearbox

Remove the bearing clamp

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using two screwdrivers, we pry the front double-row bearing of the intermediate shaft by the adjusting ring

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the bearing. When removing a bearing, its rear inner ring may remain on the shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using two screwdrivers, we press the rear inner ring of the bearing and remove it.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

We take out the thrust ring of the rear bearing of the intermediate shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

By inserting a screwdriver between the ends of the bearing and the gear of the 1st gear of the intermediate shaft, we move the rear bearing

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the outer race of the bearing with cage and rollers

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the inner race of the bearing from the toe of the shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Sliding the intermediate shaft back, remove it from the gearbox housing

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Prying off the rear bearing of the input shaft with two screwdrivers by the adjusting ring, we take out the input shaft assembly with the bearing and the synchronizer blocking ring.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the needle bearing from the front toe of the secondary shaft.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Remove the shift forks of 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Using two screwdrivers, we pry the intermediate bearing of the secondary shaft by the adjusting ring and remove it.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Tilting, we remove the secondary shaft assembly from the gearbox housing with gears, couplings, hubs and synchronizer blocking rings.

We assemble the gearbox in the reverse order.

If, when removing the front double-row intermediate shaft bearing, its rear inner ring remains on the shaft, then the bearing must be assembled before installation.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

To do this, carefully remove the separator with balls from the outer ring of the bearing with a screwdriver and put it on the inner ring (removed from the shaft).

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

The cage with balls and the inner ring is inserted into the outer ring of the bearing

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

When assembling the input shaft with a suitable piece of pipe, we press the bearing onto the shaft, relying on its inner ring

After installing the secondary and intermediate shafts into the gearbox housing, we press in the front and rear bearings of the intermediate shaft, the intermediate bearing of the secondary shaft and the inner ring of the gear block bearing.

We press the outer ring of the bearing of the gear unit of the V gear and reverse gear with a tool head of a suitable size (a piece of pipe) into the socket of the rear cover.

Insert the separator and rollers into the outer ring of the bearing.

Disassembling and assembling a gearbox of a VAZ-21213 car

To prevent loosening of the bolt securing the gear unit of the 5th gear and reverse gear, we apply thread sealant to the thread of the bolt.

For ease of installation of the rear cover, we install the rear bearing assembly on the secondary shaft.

It is advisable to lubricate all gaskets with a thin layer of silicone sealant.

When assembling the gear selection mechanism, apply Litol-24 grease to the ball joint.

We look at the disassembly of the primary and secondary shaft in the article - "Disassembly of gearbox shafts".

Five-speed gearboxes since 1992 do not have a washer on the output shaft and the configuration of the output shaft and 5th gear synchronizer clutch hub has been changed.

On the secondary shaft, the diameter for the hub was 28, it became 25 mm; the width of the seat part of the hub has become larger and the seat diameter has been reduced from 28 to 25 mm.

The specified parts are not interchangeable with previously produced ones, therefore, when repairing an "old" design gearbox, we observe the following rules:

  • - if the washer changes, then we put the secondary shaft and hub of the “old” design;

  • - if instead of the secondary shaft or hub, the same-name parts of the “new” design are installed, then we change them as a set, that is, when replacing the hub, we also replace the secondary shaft and vice versa. In this case, we do not install the washer.

Assembly of the V stage, reverse gear and gear selection mechanism is carried out in the reverse order of disassembly, taking into account the following.

We fasten the axis of the intermediate reverse gear before installing the shafts in the gearbox housing with a torque of 78 Nm (8 kgf∙m).

Before installing the fifth gear and reverse fork rod into the crankcase, we install a distance sleeve on it.

We press the inner ring of the bearing onto the gear unit of the 5th gear and reverse gear, and the outer ring into the seat of the rear cover.

The rear bearing of the secondary shaft is pressed onto the shaft to facilitate the installation of the rear cover.

We install the intermediate reverse gear, the driven gear of the 5th gear and its fork at the same time. We tighten the gear block mounting bolt with a torque of 78 Nm (8 kgf∙m).