Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing the rear final drive Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Socket insert -T10035- t  Gearbox mount -3282- t  Engine and gearbox jack, e.g. -V.A.G 1383/A- Removing –  Remove the rear silencer → Engine → Rep. Gr.26. –  Remove the heat shield from the vehicle floor below the luggage compartment.

–  Check, if a marking (colour point) is present on the flexible disk/oscillation damper and at the flange on the Haldex coupling -arrows-. If not, mark the position of the flexible disk and the flange on the Haldex coupling to each other -arrows-.

–  Unscrew rear propshaft pipe with flexible disk and oscillation damper from rear final drive -arrows- and carefully detach from the centering stud. –  Flange off the right drive shaft and attach to the top and bottom suspension arm. –  Flange off the left drive shaft and attach to the bottom suspension arm.

–  Unscrew screws -A- and -B- for front bearing bracket at final drive. –  Unscrew screws -C- with socket insert -T10035-.

–  Position the engine and gearbox jack , e.g. -V.A.G 1383/A-, with gearbox mount -3282 - below the final drive and secure the final drive with screws -1- M8 x 15. –  Unscrew the fixing screws on right and left for the assembly carrier to body -arrow A-. –  Then unscrew the fixing screws on the right and left for the rear bearing bracket at final drive -arrow B-.   Note The figure only shows one of the two fixing screws. –  Disconnect the plug from the connection of the Haldex coupling -arrow C-.

–  Remove the ventilation pipe on right and left from the holder -arrow-.   Note The figure only shows the left ventilation pipe. –  Slightly lower the final drive and move it with the spindles of the gearbox mount into oblique position. –  Then carefully pull the final drive out of the assembly carrier.

–  Lower the final drive.

–  If the final drive should be replaced or tensioned in the assembly stand, the bearing bracket -A- must be unscrewed. Install Installation is performed in the reverse order, pay attention to the following points:

t  The gasket rings -arrow- in the flanges of the propshaft must not be damaged when removing and installing. t  In case of damaged gasket rings the propshaft must be replaced. t  Push propshaft horizontally onto the centering stud.

–  If the final drive should be replaced, the ventilation pipes on left -A- (400 mm long) and right -B- (300 mm long) must be modified.

As of 04.00, balancing washers and new screws for the propshaft are inserted on the flange of the Haldex coupling -arrows-. Two new screws can be fitted with one balancing washer each.

In order to avoid droning noises, if necessary the balancing washers must be repaced with the washers after releasing the screw connections -A-. Assignment of the washers → Electronic Catalogue of Original Parts.

–  Install the propshaft on the flange of the Haldex coupling in such a way that the markings -arrows- are on the same line.   Note t  If droning noises occur while driving, the following must be observed: t  Unscrew the propshaft with the flexible disk from the flange of the Haldex coupling and screw on again offset to a hole. t  If the droning noises can still be heard, the propshaft must be screwed on once again offset to a hole. t  Three protruding bushings at the Haldex coupling flange or the propshaft flange grip into the location holes of the flexible disks. For attaching the assembly carrier to the body, always use new screws → Chassis → Rep. Gr.42. Drive shaft to flange shaft → Chassis → Rep. Gr.42

–  The fixing screws of the front bearing bracket at final drive have different lengths.

Screws -A-		M10 x 40
Screw -B-		M10 x 55

–  Check the gear oil in the rear final drive → Chapter.

Tightening torques

Component		Nm
Front bearing bracket to assembly carrier		60
Front bearing bracket to rear final drive1)		torque a further 40 + 45°
Rear bearing bracket to assembly carrier		60
Rear bearing bracket to rear final drive		60
Propshaft to rear final drive		60

1) Always replace these bolts.