A4 Quattro Wagon V6-3.2L (BKH) (2005)
Note: Never install assembly appliance onto balance plates.
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Remove securing bolts -arrows- for the center bearing.
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Screw in bolt -3- M10 x 100 into rear final drive.
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To loosen bolts -1- of the rear and front drive shaft, counterhold with an assembly lever -2-.
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Remove securing bolts at the front constant velocity joint, detach the drive shaft and support it using engine/transmission jack V.A.G 1383 A.
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Remove securing bolts at rear constant velocity joint and detach drive shaft.
Note: Only transport and store drive shaft when extended.
Installing
Installation is carried out in reverse order. Note the following:
Note:
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To avoid imbalance, the flanges of the drive shaft -arrow A- and of the rear final drive -arrow B- must be installed so that the factory color
markings or the markings made subsequently are in line.
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If a new drive shaft is installed and if the factory color marking on the flange of the rear final drive is no longer visible, the radial run-out on the
drive shaft flange must be measured and the color marking on the drive shaft placed in line with the new marking on the flange.
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Replace gaskets on flange shafts (detach protective foil and stick gasket onto flange shaft).
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Remove the old and dry high-temperature grease from the constant velocity joints and the flanges for the drive shaft. Replace with the exact same
quantity of new high-temperature grease G 000 633.
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Note the installation position of the drive shaft: The central constant velocity joint is located behind the center bearing facing toward the rear final
drive.
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After removing the drive shaft from the rear final drive, a thick washer that may be located between the shim and the bolt head must not be
reinstalled.
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It is essential that the locking fluid remaining in the threads in the flange shafts on the transmission and rear final drive is cleaned out after