SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing differential Check the tool and equipment equivalence table according to the applicability between Seat / VW / Audi / Skoda → Chapter

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Universal tool -VW 771-

t	Socket (27 mm) -3257-

t	Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-, see equivalent → Anchor.

t	-1-Interior extractor -Kukko 21/5-

Remove flange shaft (left-side) –  Remove flange shaft (left-side); to do so, secure puller -T10037- to cover for differential -arrow-.

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

Removing and installing circlip –  Clamp flange shaft in vice, using jaw protectors. Use new circlip -A- to press old circlip out of groove in flange shaft.

Installing spacer ring –  Drive new spacer ring in onto stop; do not cant ring when doing this.

Flange shaft assembly 1 -  Articulation flange 2 -  Needle bearing (polygon bearing) 3 -  Spacer ring 4 -  Spacer ring - fitted additionally on shafts with 30 mm spline diameter 5 -  Circlip   Note The needle bearing (polygon bearing) does not turn easily when the flange shaft is removed. This does not indicate that the bearing is defective.

Removing flange shaft oil seal (left-side) –  Lever out flange shaft oil seal using an assembly lever.

Installing flange shaft oil seal (left-side) –  Lightly lubricate outer edge of new seal. –  Knock in new flange shaft oil seal using punch - 2062-; keep seal straight when installing. l  Installation depth: 5.50 ± 0.15 mm below top of cover. l  Fill half the space between the sealing lips and the dust lips with sealing grease. Allocation: → Spare parts catalogue, ETKA. –  Knock flange shaft in with drift -VW 295-.

Removing flange shaft oil seal (right-side) –  Lever out flange shaft oil seal -arrow- using an assembly lever.

Installing flange shaft oil seal (right-side) –  Lightly lubricate outer edge of new seal. –  Knock in new flange shaft oil seal using punch - 2062-; keep seal straight when installing. l  Installation depth: 5.50 ± 0.15 mm below top of cover. l  Fill half the space between the sealing lips and the dust lips with sealing grease. Allocation: → Spare parts catalogue, ETKA.