Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Replace rubber-metal bearing at the rear final drive Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Drift pin -MP3-426 (30-505)- t  Thrust piece -MP3-417 (VW 554)- t  Assembly device -MP5-400 (3416)- t  Assembly device -MP5-401 (3346)- t  Assembly device -MP5-402 (3301)- t  Interior extractor -Kukko 21/1- t  Countersupport -Kukko 22/1-

Rubber-metal bearing at rear final drive - Summary of components

1 -	Stop washer

q	remove before removing the rubber-metal bearing Pos. 2

q	install onto the rubber-metal bearings Pos. 2 → Fig.

2 -	Rubber-metal bearing „rear top“

q	removing → Fig.

q	Difference between the rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ and „front bottom“ → Fig.

q	Fitting position → Fig.

q	installing → Fig.

3 -	Rubber-metal bearing „rear bottom“

q	removing → Fig.

q	installing → Fig.

4 -	Stop washer

q	remove before removing the rubber-metal bearing Pos. 5

q	install onto the rubber-metal bearing Pos. 5 → Fig.

5 -	Rubber-metal bearing „front bottom“

q	removing → Fig.

q	Difference between the rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ and „front bottom“ → Fig.

q	Fitting position → Fig.

q	installing → Fig.

6 -	Rubber-metal bearing „front top“

q	removing → Fig.

q	installing → Fig.

7 -	Rear final drive

q	removing and installing:

t	Octavia II, Superb II → Chapter

t	Yeti → Chapter

Pull out rubber-metal bearing „rear top“ A -  Countersupport, e.g. -Kukko 22/1- B -  Interior extractor 12…16 mm, e.g. -Kukko 21/1- –  A piece must be broken off from the collar of the rubber-metal bearing in order to be able to position the countersupport-arrow-. –  Insert the interior extractor into the joint of the upper and lower rubber-metal bearing and put it under tension.

Drive out rubber-metal bearing „rear bottom“   Note If the rubber-metal bearing should be replaced separately, it can also be pulled out with the countersupport, e.g. -Kukko 22/1 - and the interior extractor 12…16 mm, e.g. -Kukko 21/1- → Fig..

Insert rubber-metal bearing „rear top“-A- and „rear bottom“-B-

Pull out the rubber-metal bearing „front bottom“ –  Both ventilation pipes must be closed so that in the following work step no oil escapes from the final drive. –  Then place the final drive with the upper part downwards onto the work bench and pull out the rubber-metal bearing: A -  Countersupport, e.g. -Kukko 22/1- B -  Interior extractor 12…16 mm, e.g. -Kukko 21/1- –  A piece must be broken off from the collar of the rubber-metal bearing in order to be able to position the countersupport-arrow-. –  Insert the interior extractor into the joint of the upper and lower rubber-metal bearing and put it under tension.

Drive out rubber-metal bearing „front top“   Note If the rubber-metal bearing should be replaced separately, it can also be pulled out with the countersupport, e.g. -Kukko 22/1 - and the interior extractor 12…16 mm, e.g. -Kukko 21/1- → Fig..

Insert rubber-metal bearing „front bottom“-A- and „front top“-B-

Difference between the rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ and „front bottom“ The rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ and „front bottom“ differ in height

Dimension „a“ mm	Rubber-metal bearing
22	„rear top“
17	„front bottom“

Fitting position of the rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ and „front bottom“. Fitting of the stop washer -B- l  Final drive in fitting position Fitting position of the rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ and „front bottom“: t  The rubber-metal bearings „rear top“ → Chapter Pos. 2 point with the studs -A- to the top t  The rubber-metal bearing „front bottom“ → Chapter Pos. 5 points with the studs -A- to the bottom Fitting of the stop washer -B- –  Insert the pegs -A- in the holes of the stop washer -arrows-. The stop washer -B- is then connected captively with the rubber-metal bearing.