Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing

• ‒ Only loosen drive shaft/wheel hub nut and wheel bolts when vehicle is standing on its own wheels.
• ‒ Remove wheel.
• ‒ Remove drive shaft

=> Running gear; Repair group 40

• ‒ Remove cap by piercing cap centre with a screwdriver and levering out.
• ‒ Place drip tray underneath.
• ‒ Remove drive flange/output shaft counter sunk head bolt with V.A.G 1669 or 6 mm socket insert (commercially available) and counter hold against turning with a drift.
• ‒ Pull drive flange/output shaft out.
• ‒ Lever drive flange seal out.

Installing

• ‒ → Drive new seal in onto stop (illustration shows bevel box removed).
• ‒ Fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with multi-purpose grease.
• ‒ Insert drive flange/output shaft.
• ‒ Secure drive flange/output shaft with counter sunk head bolt.
• ‒ Press in a new cap.
• ‒ Install drive shaft.
• ‒ Fit wheel.
• ‒ Screw nut (self-locking) onto drive shaft and only when vehicle standing on its wheels tighten wheel and drive shaft.
• ‒ Checking oil in gearbox with bevel box
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Tightening torques