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Installing seal
- Coat outer edge and sealing lip of oil seal with
gear oil.
- Drive in new seal to stop, without canting.
Installation position: The open side of the seal faces the
transmission.
Note:
If necessary, coat contact surface with grease to affix drive wheel in
installation position. - Set Speedometer Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) -G22- on drive flange
(arrow).
Installation position: The carriers at drive wheel must engage in
grooves of drive flange
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- Press mounting bracket with grooved ball bearing onto drive flange.
- Insert circlip (arrow A).
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Installing left drive flange.
- Replace O-ring (arrow B) in drive flange mounting bracket.
Note:
When sliding in, left drive flange must be carefully guided by hand to
prevent damage to the double seal in transmission.
Repair Manual, Suspension, Wheels, Steering, Repair Group 40; Drive axle, removing and installing
- Check drive flange for sharp edges on transmission side of flange end
and if necessary, deburr.
- Insert left drive flange into transmission.
- Install drive axle.
- Install heat shield for left drive axle.
- Checking oil level in front final drive page 39
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Tightening torques
Component
Nm
Mounting bracket for left drive flange at
transmission
23
Drive axle to drive flange M10 77
Driveshaft to drive flange M8 39
Heat shield for driveshaft to transmission
23
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Seal for front final drive, replacing
Special tools and equipment
Removing
Repair Manual, Engine Mechanical, Repair Group 26; removing and
installing exhaust system.
All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles:
VAG1383A engine/transmission hoist
- Remove right front exhaust pipe:
- Remove heat shield for selector lever cable.
- Remove center differential page 39
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.
- Remove bolts (arrows) at intermediate flange for front final drive.
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Front Wheel Drive (FWD) vehicles:
WARNING!
All:
Notes: - Remove bolts at cover for front final drive opposite of shown tightening
sequence.
- Place VAG1383A engine/gearbox jack with universal mount
underneath.
Slowly and carefully remove cover for front final drive from
transmission housing. The spur gears can otherwise fall out of
the transmission. Do not reinstall spur gears that have fallen to the ground. The
transmission must be swapped in this case.
- Lift off cover i.e. intermediate flange for front final drive.Do not remove spur gears for front final drive. Secure spur gears so
they do not fall out. If the spur gears for front final drive were removed, the wheel marking
must face outward (away from transmission) for re installation.
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Installing
All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles:
Note:
If installing the intermediate flange to the output shaft carelessly, the
sealing lips of the seal can be damaged. - Make sure centering sleeve -A-is correctly seated before installing.
- Install gasket
- Set on cover i.e. intermediate flange for front final drive.
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All:
Tightening sequence:
Note:
When tightening bolts by hand, make sure the housing gap between
cover and transmission housing decreases evenly around circumference.
All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles:
Tightening torques
1. Stage: Tighten bolts 1 to 3 by hand2. Stage: Tighten bolts 1 to 14 in mentioned sequence to tightening
torque.
- Check ATF level and top off page 37
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.
- Install center differential page 39
-58
.
Component
Nm
Cover for front final drive to transmission housing
23
Intermediate flange for front final drive to transmission housing
23
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