Oil Seal For Drive Flange, Replacing

5 SPD. M/T 01A AWD

Oil seal for drive flange, replacing
(Transmission installed)
- Pay attention to general repair instructions.





Special tools and equipment
^ VW 295 Mandrel
^ VW 681 Extractor lever
^ 2062 Insertion mandrel
^ T10037 Puller
^ VAG 1331 Torque wrench
^ VAG 1332 Torque wrench

Special tools, testers and other items required





^ VAG 1306 Drip tray

Note:
^ Use the same procedure for removing both left and right oil seals.
^ You do not have to remove the exhaust system.

Removing
- Turn steering wheel to left lock.





- Detach cover plates above drive axle (arrows 1 + 2).
- Unscrew drive axle from transmission flange:
- Tie drive axle up as far out of the way as possible. Take care not to damage paintwork on drive axle.
- Place drip tray VAG 1306 under transmission.

Replacing left oil seal
Remove left drive flange





- Remove drive flange by firmly screwing puller T10037 to cover of differential (arrow).

Replacing right oil seal





- Remove drive flange by firmly screwing puller T10037 to transmission housing (arrow).





- Always replace circlip of drive flange.
- Clamp drive flange with soft jaws in vice. Press circlip out of drive flange groove using new circlip -A-.
- Pull out oil seal of drive flange using VW 681.





Drive flange assembly with mounted polygonal bearing
1 - Drive flange
2 - Needle bearing (polygonal bearing)
3 - Spacer ring
4 - Circlip
5 - Spacer ring - additionally installed if splined shaft diameter = 30 mm

Note:
^ Polygonal bearings run roughly when drive flange is not installed. This does not indicate faulty bearings. An acoustic test can only be conducted when drive flange is installed.
^ Look out for damages to polygonal bearings (e.g. cracks in outer race of bearing)
^ Polygonal bearings can only be replaced together with drive flange.
^ Drive flanges with a splined shaft diameter of 30 mm have a spacer ring -5installed between polygonal bearing and planet pinion.

Installing

Note: Repair rim offset 6.5 mm if employing used drive flange.

- Slightly oil circumference of oil seal.





- Drive in new oil seal for right drive flange 5.5 mm below surface of housing, taking care not to tilt it.
- Fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with sealing grease G 052 128 Al.





- Drive in new oil seal for left drive flange 5.5 mm below surface of cover, taking care not to tilt it.
- Drive in drive flange using mandrel VW 295.
- Screw drive axle to drive flange.
- Screw on cover plates for drive axle, if installed.
- Checking oil level in manual transmission.





Tightening torques