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I - Repairing front drive shaft with constant velocity joint > < Removing

Golf Mk4

Installing
Installing
For vehicles with twelve-point nut and hexagon bolt
Remove any residual paint and/or corrosion on thread and splines of outer joint.
Before installing drive shaft, lightly lubricate:
t  splines on outer joint,
t  thread of outer joint,
t  splines in wheel hub,
t  contact surface and thread of 12-point nut
with oil.
Vehicles with hexagon bolt
  Note
Do not oil hexagon bolt threads.
Continuation for all vehicles
–  Insert drive shaft.
–  Guide outer joint into wheel hub splines as far as possible.
–  Bolt swivel joint to suspension link using new bolts on old impression marks.
Swivel joint to suspension link: 20 Nm + 90° further
–  Position drive shaft inner joint and tighten bolts diagonally to 10 Nm.
   
Torque settings: 
–  Tighten multi-point socket head bolts diagonally to prescribed torque.
Multi-point socket head bolt M8 x 1840 Nm
Multi-point socket head bolt M8 x 2840 Nm
Multi-point socket head bolt M8 x 4840 Nm

   
Previous multi-point socket head bolts 
Multi-point socket head bolt M10 x 2070 Nm
Multi-point socket head bolt M10 x 4870 Nm

   
New multi-point socket head bolts 
Multi-point socket head bolt M10 x 2370 Nm
Multi-point socket head bolt M10 x 5270 Nm

–  Bolt pendulum support to subframe and tighten to 25 Nm.
–  Pull outer joint into wheel hub until outer joint lies against wheel bearing.
Vehicles with twelve-point nut
   
–  Tighten 12-point nut to 200 Nm and then loosen one half turn.
–  Turn wheel hub 180°.
Then
50 Nm +60° further.
Vehicles with hexagon bolt
–  Tighten hexagon bolt to 250 Nm + 90° and then loosen one half turn.
–  Turn wheel hub 180°.
Then
tighten to 250 Nm and turn 90° further.
  Note
To tighten 12-point nut or hexagon bolt, Volkswagen recommends torque/angle wrench -V.A.G 1756-.
If a torque/angle wrench is not available, then tighten 12-point nut using following method.
Vehicles with twelve-point nut
–  Lower vehicle until wheels touch ground.
–  Tighten 12-point nut to 200 Nm and then loosen one half turn.
–  Move vehicle approx. 1 metre.
–  Tighten 12-point nut to 50 Nm.
  V40-1238
–  Mark one of the 12 points on the nut with a line -arrow A-.
–  Make a second mark -arrow B- on edge of wheel hub as illustrated.
–  Turn 12-point nut further until both lines align.
  N40-0465

I - Repairing front drive shaft with constant velocity joint > < Removing