Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Renewing flange shaft oil seal (right-side) with gearbox removed   Note The flange shaft oil seal on the right can also be replaced with the gearbox in position → 6-speed manual gearbox 0B3, front-wheel drive; Rep. Gr.39. Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Drift -VW 295-

t  Puller -T10037-

t  Thrust piece -T40163- t  Sealing grease -G 052 128 A1-

Removing –  Remove flange shaft (right-side); to do so, secure puller -T10037- to gearbox housing -arrow-.

–  Lever out flange shaft oil seal using an assembly lever. Installing Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

–  Always replace the circlip for the flange shaft -A-. –  Clamp the flange shaft in a vice with soft jaws. Use the new circlip -A- to press the old circlip out of the flange shaft groove.

–  Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal. –  Drive in new flange shaft oil seal (right-side) as far as stop; keep seal straight when installing. –  Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with sealing grease -G 052 128 A1-. –  Use the drift -VW 295- to drive in the flange shaft. –  Top up the gear oil in the manual gearbox and check the oil level → 6-speed manual gearbox 0B3, front-wheel drive; Rep. Gr.34.