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Progress does not stand still as new technologies emerge in the automotive industry every day. Special attention should be paid to significant achievements of automobile engineers in the field of automobile technologies. Pre-selective transmission technologies gained significant popularity with the release of DSG6 and DSG7 transmissions designed by Volkswagen.

The DSG transmission combines in itself features of classic automatic (comfort of operation) and manual transmissions (fuel efficiency). Currently, there are several DSG transmission models available on the market, namely, DSG-6, DSG-7, and Audi S-tronic. In practice, DSG transmissions are quite problematic in terms of repair, especially DSG-7. Due to high repair costs for this transmission many drivers try to fix the DSG-7 gearbox independently. In this article, we will consider how to replace the clutch pack in the DSG-7 transmission.

The abbreviation “DSG” stands for Direkt Schalt Getrieb and literally means “Direct Shift Gearbox”. In fact, this is only one of many types of preselective automated gearboxes equipped with two clutches. Basically, DSG it is the manual transmission with the automated control.