Passat GLX V6 V6-2.8L (ATQ) (2001)
Axle Shaft: Service and Repair
Removal and Installation
Removing and installing drive shafts
Removing
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Unbolt hex bolt for drive shaft. (Loosen only when vehicle is standing on wheels -danger of accident-).
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Remove wheel.
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Unbolt drive shaft at flange shaft.
1. hex key head bolt or multi-point key head bolt
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Disconnect ABS vehicle speed sensor wiring out of retainer on brake caliper-arrow-.
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Disconnect ABS vehicle speed sensor out of wheel bearing housing slightly.
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Remove nut -1-, take out hex bolt and pull both links -2- out upward.
The slits in the wheel bearing housing must not be widened using a chisel or similar tool!
If the hex bolt cannot be removed from the wheel bearing housing, then the hex bolt and the links -2- must be pressed out of the wheel bearing
housing.
Note: Do not loosen bolts -3- and -4- otherwise the front axle alignment is changed!
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Swing wheel bearing housing in direction of arrow away to side.
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Remove drive shaft.
Installing
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Insert drive shaft onto transmission shaft and into wheel bearing housing.
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Insert upper links into wheel bearing housing, insert new bolt and tighten new nut.
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When tightening press upper links downward as far as possible!
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Bolt drive shaft to transmission.
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Tighten multi-point socket head bolts to prescribed tightening torque using diagonal sequence.
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Install inner joint to drive shaft and initially tighten bolts diagonally to 10 Nm.
Multi-point socket head bolt M 8 x 48 - 40 Nm
Multi-point socket head bolt M 10 x 20 - 77 Nm
Multi-point socket head bolt M 10 x 48 - 77 Nm
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Push ABS vehicle speed sensor into wheel bearing housing onto stop and insert cable in retainer on brake caliper.
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Install wheel and tighten.
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Tighten drive shaft hex bolt only with vehicle standing on its wheels -danger of accident-.