Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Renewing gasket for front axle drive Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- Procedure   Note t  General repair instructions → Chapter. t  Observe rules for cleanliness when working on automatic gearbox → Chapter. –  Remove front exhaust pipe (right-side) → Rep. Gr.26.

–  If fitted, remove bolts -1, 3, 4- and detach heat shield -A- for selector lever cable.   Note t  Bolt -3- secures the heat shield, a bracket for the exhaust system and the cable support bracket to the gearbox. t  -Items 2 and B- can be disregarded.

–  Remove transfer box → Chapter. –  Unscrew bolts -arrows- on intermediate flange for front axle drive. –  Place engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- with universal support - V.A.G 1359/2- underneath vehicle.   Caution t  Detach intermediate flange from gearbox housing slowly and carefully. Otherwise spur gears could drop out of gearbox. t  Spur gears which have been dropped on the floor must not be used again. If this happens, the gearbox must be renewed. –  Lift off the intermediate flange for front axle drive   Caution t  Do not remove the spur gears for the front axle drive. Secure the spur gears to prevent them from falling out. t  If the spur gears for front axle drive are removed for any reason, mark installation position of intermediate pinion. t  The intermediate pinion is symmetrical. However, it must be re-fitted in the same position to make sure the direction of rotation is maintained.

–  Check that dowel sleeve -A- is fitted in intermediate flange for front axle drive. –  Place new gasket in position.   Note Before attaching the gasket, apply a thin coating of gear oil to the sealing surface to prevent it from slipping. –  Carefully place intermediate flange for front axle drive in position.   Caution Fitting the intermediate flange onto the input shaft without sufficient care can damage the sealing lips of the oil seal -arrow-.

–  Tighten bolts securing intermediate flange for front axle drive in two stages as follows:   Caution When tightening the bolts -arrows- initially by hand, ensure that the gap between the intermediate flange for the front axle drive and the gearbox housing is reduced uniformly all round.

1.  Tighten bolts -arrows- hand-tight. 2.  Tighten bolts -arrows- to 23 Nm in the sequence indicated.

–  Install transfer box → Chapter. –  Check and top up ATF level in planetary gearbox → Chapter. Tightening torque

Component	Nm
Intermediate flange for front axle drive to gearbox housing	23