SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Operation process l  Gearbox must be fitted –  Raise the vehicle. –  Remove the front left wheel → Running gear, axles, steering; Rep. gr.44. –  Remove centre sound insulation → Bodywork, exterior installation work; Rep. gr.50. –  Unscrew the right drive shaft from gearbox flange. –  Remove noise insulation → Rep. gr.66.

–  If present, remove the front left vehicle level sender -G78--arrows-.   WARNING To loosen the collar bolts on the wheel drive shaft, the wheel bearing must not have any pressure on it (the vehicle must be lifted off its wheels) –  Remove left drive shaft → Rep. gr.40. –  Fit the tray -T20173- beneath gearbox to collect the oil.

–  Unscrew the bolt securing the left flanged shaft with the "1/4" threading die mount" -T20203A-; to do this, screw two bolts into the flange and counterhold the flange shaft with a lever. –  Pull out the flanged shaft.

–  Extract the flanged shaft seal using the extractor -T20143/2-. –  Lightly lubricate outer edge of new seal.

–  Fill space between sealing lip and dustcap -arrow-, halfway, with sealing grease → Spare parts catalogue.

–  Fit the new seal until it reaches the limit without leaning it on the tube element -T10088-. –  Press the flanged shaft against the gearbox housing and screw it in. Tightening torque → Item Rest of installation is carried out in the reverse sequence, observing the following: –  Fit the left hand side wheel drive shaft → Rep. gr.40. –  Add gear oil to the manual gearbox and check the oil level → Chapter. Tightening torques

Component		Nm
Flanged shaft to differential		25 → Item