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Flange/Driveshaft Seal, Rear Final Drive 0BF






Flange/Driveshaft Seal, Rear Final Drive 0BF

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Puller (VW 391)

• Puller (T10055)

• Adapter (T10055/2)

• Two M8 x 30 bolts

• Thrust piece (T10380)

• Assembly Tool (T40222)

• Guide sleeve (T40222/1)

• Sealing grease (G 052 128 A1)

• Inductive heat unit (VAS 6414)

• or

• Hotplate

• and

• Digital thermometer (VAS 6519)

Removing

• The rear final drive is installed

• Observe general repair notes, refer to => [ Repair Information ] Repair Information.

- Separate the exhaust system at the clamping sleeves - 1 and 2 -.






- Remove rear portion of exhaust system.

• A second technician will be needed to help remove the rear section of the exhaust system.

- Open the gear oil drain plug - 2 - and let approximately 300 ml gear oil drain out.






- Install and tighten the new drain plug - 2 -. Tightening specification - item 16 - => [ (Item 16) Gear Oil Drain Plug ] Rear Final Drive Overview

- Remove the driveshaft from the rear final drive. Refer to => [ Driveshaft, Removing from Rear Final Drive and Installing ] Driveshaft, Removing From Rear Final Drive and Installing.






Audi A8

- Guide the driveshaft between the fuel tank and the rear subframe downward and tie it to the side.

Audi A4, A5 Audi A5 Coupe/Cabriolet






- Remove the front crossmember - 2 -, if equipped.

- Remove the rear crossmember - 3 - and heat shield - 1 -.

Audi A6 and Audi A7






- Remove the crossbrace - 2 -. Refer to "Heat Shields and Crossbraces" in.

Audi A4, A5 Coupe/Convertible, Audi A6 and Audi A7






- Remove the bolts - arrows - from the driveshaft center bearing.

- Lower the driveshaft by the center bearing.

- At the same time, guide the driveshaft between the fuel tank and the rear subframe downward.

- Install the bolts - arrows - for the center bearing hand-tight.

- Tie up the driveshaft.

Continuation for All Vehicles






- Remove any high temperature grease inside the flange/driveshaft.

- Remove the locking ring - arrow -.

- Mark the position of the flange/driveshaft - B - to the pinion - A - - arrow -.






• This mark - arrow - is needed so that the color dot - C - on the outside of the flange remains in its earlier position.

• Only by doing this can the smallest imbalance possible inside the rear final drive be guaranteed.

- Install two M8 x 30 mm - arrow - into the flange.






- Pull off the driveshaft flange using (VW 391).

- Place an absorbent cloth - A - under the final drive on the subframe.






- Puncture the metal cover on the shaft seal - A - in direction of - arrow - using a scriber - B -.






- Insert a screw - arrow - into this opening - A -.






- Remove the flange/driveshaft seal - A - in direction of - arrow -.






- B - screw

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Be sure to note the following:

- Fill the space between the sealing and dust lips halfway with sealing grease (G 052 128 A1).

- Place the new seal - A - on the (T40222/1).






• Make sure the spring on the seal is behind the sealing lip when it is installed.

- Coat the outer circumference of the shaft seal with gear oil.

- Install the (T40222/1) and the shaft seal - A - on the pinion - B -.

- Install the new shaft seal all the way without tilting it.






- Heat the flange/driveshaft - B - to 115 °C (239 °F) using the (VAS 6414) or a hotplate.






• Wear protective gloves.

• Monitor the temperature with a (VAS 6519) if using a hotplate.

- Position the flange/driveshaft - B - on the pinion - A - so that the marking - arrow - lines up.

- Install the flange/driveshaft all the way using the (T10380).






Install the locking ring - 1 - as follows:






• Always replace the locking ring - 1 -.

• The bevel on the inner diameter of the locking ring - arrow A - faces out, toward the driveshaft.

• The wide strip on the locking ring - arrow B - must be on the right side, as illustrated.

- Measure the thickness of the old locking ring - 1 -.

- Install a new locking ring - 1 - having the same thickness as the old one. Refer to the Parts Catalog.

- Install the new locking ring - 1 -.

• It is necessary to determine the circlip - arrow - when replacing the flange/driveshaft.

• First determine and then install the thickest possible circlip that can be installed into the groove - arrow - that can be used; for the correct part number, refer to the Parts Catalog.

- Gear oil in rear final drive 0BF, Filling, refer to => [ Gear Oil in Rear Final Drive 0BF, Filling ] Gear Oil In Rear Final Drive 0BF, Filling.

- Driveshaft, attaching to rear final drive => [ Attach the driveshaft to the rear final drive. ] Driveshaft, Removing From Rear Final Drive and Installing

Audi A4, A5 Coupe/Convertible, A6, A7

- Tighten the driveshaft center bearing in the body free of tension. Tightening specification - item 9 - => [ (Item 9) Bolt ] Driveshaft Mounted On Transmission-Side Overview.

- Install the heat shield and the crossmember.

Continuation for All Vehicles

- Install rear section of exhaust system.

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