Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Renewing flange shaft oil seal (left-side) Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Used oil collection and extraction unit -V.A.G 1782-

t  Thrust piece -T40164- t  Sealing grease → Electronic parts catalogue

Procedure l  Gearbox is secured to engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095- → Chapter. –  Place used oil collection and extraction unit -V.A.G 1782- below gearbox. –  Remove flange shaft (right-side) → Chapter. –  Remove bolts -arrows-. –  Carefully detach cover for front final drive; gear oil (MTF) will drain off.   Caution Risk of damage to the differential. t  Detach cover for front final drive slowly and carefully from gearbox housing. The differential may otherwise fall out of the gearbox. t  A differential which has fallen to the ground can no longer be installed. Renew gearbox if differential has fallen to the ground. t  Make sure that the inner bearing races and shims for the differential do not drop out of the gearbox housing and the front final drive cover. t  Inner bearing races and shims cannot be re-allocated to their original positions by the workshop if they have dropped out.

–  Carefully remove differential -arrow- and set it down on a soft surface. –  Remove flange shaft (left-side) → Chapter.

Caution Risk of damage to fitting surface in gearbox housing. Apply screwdriver with care. –  Press out oil seal from rear side using a screwdriver.

–  Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal and slide onto thrust piece -T40164-. l  Open side of oil seal faces towards thrust piece -T40164-. –  Drive in oil seal for flange shaft (left-side) as far as stop using thrust piece -T40164-; keep seal straight when installing. –  Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half full with sealing grease; for sealing grease refer to → Electronic parts catalogue. –  Fit differential.

–  Install cover for front final drive with new O-ring and tighten bolts → Fig.. –  Install flange shaft (left-side) → Chapter. –  Install flange shaft (right-side) → Chapter. –  After installing gearbox refer to → Chapter „Filling up gear oil (MTF)“.