1996 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT rear wheel suspension shaft

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- Remove rear transmission mounting bolt (arrow). - Remove front engine mounting bolt (arrow). - Lift engine/transmission assembly - Loosen drive axle nut while vehicle is standing on
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Rear Wheel
Suspension, Shafts
and Axle
Rear axle, servicing
(vehicles with front wheel
drive)
Note: The rear axle and wheel
bearings are identical on
Base and Plus suspension
versions. Welding and straightening
of the axle beam is not
permissible.
1 - Wheel bolt 110 Nm (81
ft lb)
2 - Self-locking hex nut, 70 Nm (52 ft lb) When tightening the
nut the axle beam
must be in the
horizontal position
(unladened vehicle
state)
3 - Hex bolt, 25 Nm (18 ft
lb)
4 - Suspension strut Removing and
installing Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 Disassembling and
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5 - Wheel bearing Servicing Vehicles with drum brakes Page 42-15 Vehicles with disc
brakes Page 42-24 6 - 80 Nm (59 ft lb) Use only self-locking
nuts with captive
washers When tightening nut, the axle beam must be in the horizontal
position (unladened
vehicle state)
7 - Hex bolt Installed from center of vehicle
8 - Shouldered bolt, 70 Nm (52 ft lb) If threads are
damaged, rework
captive nut in side
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9 - Mounting bracket with
retainer for brake
pressure regulator Installation position
Fig. 4 Check and if
necessary adjust rear
axle total toe after
installation If possible do not
loosen when removing
the rear axle
10 - Hex nut/washer, 35 Nm
(26 ft lb)
11 - Regulator spring
bracket
12 - Bonded rubber
mounting Note installation
position Fig. 7 Pressing out Fig. 5
and Fig. 6 Pressing in Fig. 8 Only replace as pair 13 - Axle beam Stub axle contact
surfaces and threaded
holes are to be free of
paint and dirt
14 - Parking brake cable
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Repair Manual, Body Exterior, Interior, Repair Group 70.
Repair Manual, Body Exterior, Interior, Repair Group 68.
Inertia reel bolt (arrow) tightening torque: 40 Nm (30 ft
lb) Fig. 1 Suspension strut at body, removing and installing
- Removing and installing inertia reel cover - Removing and installing inertia reel Remove and install both securing bolts (arrows) from
interior of vehicle (viewed through rear left side
window).
Tightening torque: 25 Nm (18 ft lb) Fig. 2 Suspension strut at body, removing and installing Page 4 of 14Rear Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.42.1

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Suspension strut is attached to the body by 4
retaining lugs in addition to the bolts. To remove, turn
suspension strut until retaining lugs are positioned
above the cut-outs. Fig. 3 Suspension strut, removing and
installing Angle of inclination to axle beam 13 30' 1. Fig. 4 Bolting mounting bracket to axle beam Page 5 of 14Rear Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.42.1

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Note:
Before using special tool 3111 it is important to
grease spindle with Molybdenum grease. Fig. 5 Bonded rubber mounting, pressing 1st
half out of axle beam Thread base plate into the pressure plate 3111/5 from
the opposite side.
Note:
Mounting must not be driven out. Otherwise the
mounting seat will be widened and a tight seating of
the new mounting cannot be assured. Fig. 6 Bonded rubber mounting, pressing 2nd
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Protruding segment of bonded rubber mounting faces
forward on inside and rearward on outside. Fig. 7 Rubber bonded mounting, installation
position Press both halves in one after the other until the
mounting conical section contacts the axle beam. Fig. 8 Rubber bonded mounting, presssing
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