ASTON MARTIN CLIENT SERVICES

SERVICE BULLETIN
Reference number:

SB-07-1376

Subject:

Improvements to the Manual Gear Selector

Model(s):

Vantage AMR

Applicable to:

All Dealers

Distribute to:

Head of Business
After Sales Manager
Service Manager
Sales Manager

Issued: 18 September, 2020

Warranty Staff
Technician(s)
Parts Staff

Reason for this Service Bulletin
It is possible that the manual transmission on Vantage AMR vehicles has poor gear engagement. This is because of wear in
the spherical bearing. A new part must be installed if a customer has a problem with unsatisfactory gear selection. This
bulletin gives instructions to replace the shifter lever with an integrated bearing and to modify the gear selector for
improved engagement.

Workshop Procedure
The workshop procedure for this bulletin consists of three parts:
• Part A – Shifter Tower
• Part B - Shifter Cables
• Part C – Shifter Baseplate

Part A – Shifter Tower
1.

Remove the shifter tower (refer to steps 1 thru 7 of Workshop Manual Procedure 07.06.AA).

2.

Remove the four screws that attach the travel stop to
the shifter tower (refer to Figure 1).

Figure 1

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Remove and discard the travel stop (refer to
Figure 2).
CAUTION: TAKE CARE AS THE O-RING WILL BE
GREASY AND GREASE MAY MARK THE INTERIOR
OF THE VEHICLE.

Figure 2

4.

Remove the screw that attaches the extension for the
gear selector (refer to Figure 3).

Figure 3

5.

Remove the extension for the gear selector (refer to
Figure 4).
CAUTION: TAKE CARE NOT TO DAMAGE THE
O-RING WHEN YOU REMOVE THE EXTENSION
FOR THE GEAR SELECTOR.

Figure 4

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Remove the circlip (refer to Figure 5).

Figure 5

7.

Remove the shifter assembly (refer to Figure 6).

Figure 6

8.

Remove the retaining bolt for the gear selector lever
(refer to Figure 7).

Figure 7

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Remove and discard the gear selector lever (refer to
Figure 8).

Figure 8

10. Use a drill with an 8 mm drill bit to increase the size
of the four holes shown (refer to Figure 9).

Figure 9

11. Install the new gear selector lever into the shifter
tower (refer to Figure 10).

Figure 10

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12. Put the new travel stop into position (refer to
Figure 11).

Figure 11

13. Install, but do not fully tighten, the two screws that
attach the travel stop to the shifter tower (refer to
Figure 12).

Figure 12

14. Install and torque the retaining bolt for the gear
selector lever to 8 Nm (refer to Figure 13).

Figure 13

15. Torque the two screws that were installed in step 13 to 4 Nm.

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16. Install the shifter assembly (refer to Figure 14).

Figure 14

17. Install the circlip (refer to Figure 15).

Figure 15

18. Put the extension for the gear selector into position
(refer to Figure 16).

Figure 16

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19. Install and tighten the screw that attaches extension
for the gear selector (refer to Figure 17).

Figure 17

Part B - Shifter Cables
20. Measure and record the distance between the centre
of the ball joint (1) and the adjustment nuts (2) and
adjust to the dimension shown (refer to Figure 18).

Figure 18

21. Remove the ball joints from the shifter cable (refer to
Figure 19).

Figure 19

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22. Install the new ball joint to the shifter cable (refer to
Figure 20). The distance to the centre of the new ball
joint to the adjustment nut must be the dimension
shown.

Figure 20

23. Tighten the locking nut to hold the ball joint at the
correct position (refer to Figure 21).

Figure 21

24. Do steps 20 to 23 for the second shifter cable.

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Part C – Shifter Baseplate
25. Position the extractor tool over one of the brass
inserts and tighten the screw to pull the brass insert
out of the base plate (refer Figure 22).

Figure 22

26. Use the extractor tool to remove all four brass inserts
from the base plate (refer to Figure 23).

Figure 23

27. Apply applicable protection to the vehicle interior around the work area.
28. Use a drill with a 6.5 mm drill bit to increase the size
of the four holes shown (refer to Figure 24). Drill to a
depth of 20 mm.

Figure 24

29. Use a M8 x 1.5 tap and tap wrench to apply a thread to the four holes drilled in step 28.
30. Install the gearshift assembly (refer to Workshop Manual Procedure 07.06.AA).
Note: Use the supplied M8 x 1.5 screws supplied for installation step 4 of the Workshop Manual Procedure.
31. If shift performance is still not acceptable, adjust the gearbox honing (refer to Workshop Manual Procedure
07.06.BA).
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Part Data
Description
Service Kit - Manual Transmission Handset

Part Number

Quantity

LY63-4A109-AA

1

Labour Time

ROT Code

2.0

07.06.AK

Warranty Data
Procedure and Labour Time
Description
Gearshift Assembly Mechanism – Service (as specified)
Failure Mode Description
Select the failure modes that follow when you make a claim through the Warranty system:
Subsystem

Location

Component

Mode of Failure

POWERTRAIN

DRIVETRAIN TRANSMISSION MANUAL

MANUAL TRANSMISSION
- GEAR SELECTION

POOR PERFORMANCE HARD TO OPERATE

If you have any questions related to this document, please refer to the 'Contact Us' link on this webpage or
contact your local Dealer or After Sales Manager.
The English version of this Service Bulletin is written in
Simplified Technical English to ASD-STE100™.

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