SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Repairing rear drive shaft

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Press plate -VW 401-

t	Press plate -VW 402-

t	Press tool -VW 408 A-

t	Support sleeve -VW 522-

t	Tensioner -40 - 204 A-

t	Pliers -V.A.G 1682-

t  Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

t  Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332- Packing inner constant velocity joint with grease: Total amount of grease: 90 g lubricating grease -G 000 603- t  Press approx. 45 g grease into each side of the joint. t  When renewing the bellows, regrease joint if required.

1 -	Hexagon bolt

q	150 Nm and turn 90° further.

q	Renew each time after removing.

2 -	Drive shaft with outer joint

q	Outer joint cannot be removed from the drive shaft.

q	It is not possible to repair the outer joint and renew the joint bellows.

q	Renew if damaged.

3 -	Multi-point socket head bolt

q	Tighten using diagonal sequence to 10 Nm.

q	Tighten to 40 Nm.

4 -	Locking plate

5 -	Clamp-type clip

q

Renew.

q	Tensioning → Fig..

6 -	Bellows for inner constant velocity joint

q	Check for tears and chafing.

q	Drive off with drift.

7 -	Inner constant velocity joint

q	Renew only complete.

q	Pressing off → Fig..

q	Pressing on → Fig..

q	Checking → Chapter.

q	Greasing → .

8 -

Seal

q	Renew. Pull off protective foil and stick onto joint.

9 -

Circlip

Press off inner constant velocity joint   Note t  First drive off boot with drift. t  Support ball hub.

Pressing on inner constant velocity joint –  Press on joint to stop. –  Insert circlip.   Note Chamfer on inner diameter of ball hub (splines) must face the contact shoulder on the drive shaft.

Tensioning hose clamp on inner joint –  Position pliers -V.A.G 1682- as shown in diagram. Thereby ensure that the jaws of the pliers seat in the corners -arrow B- of the hose clamp. –  Tension hose clip by turning the spindle with a torque wrench (do not cant pliers).   Note t  Due to the hard material of the protective boot (compared to rubber) and, due to the use of a stainless steel clip, it is only possible to tension the clip using pliers -V.A.G 1682-. t  Specified torque: 20 Nm. t  Use torque wrench-C- with 5...50 Nm range (e.g. -V.A.G 1331-). t  Ensure that the spindle thread -A- is not tight. If necessary lubricate with grease -MOS 2-. t  If the thread is tight (e.g. due to dirt), the required clamping force for the boot clamp will not be attained although the correct torque is applied.