Drive Axle With Triple Roller Joint AAR 2000

Drive Axle with Triple Roller Joint AAR 2000

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Thrust plate (VW 401)

• Thrust plate (VW 402)

• Punch (VW 408 A)

• Punch (VW 411)

• Tube (VW 416 B)

• Thrust pad (VW 447 H)

• Pliers (V.A.G 1275)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1331)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• Pliers (V.A.G 1682)

• Assembly tool (T10065)

Grease Quantities and Types

Grease filling of joints with high temperature grease.





When replacing CV boot add grease to joint, if necessary.

Disassembling

- Open clamp of joint piece and slide back CV joint boot.

- Bend open metal tabs of cover using a slot-head screwdriver and pry off cover.





- Mark installation position of parts 1 through 3 with lines.





If they are not marked and are not reinstalled in their previously installed positions, noises may occur later during driving operation.

A waterproof felt pen is well-suited for marking.

1 Triple roller joint housing
2 Triple roller star
3 Axle shaft

- Remove round seal - arrow - from groove.

- Remove circlip - arrow -.





- Secure joint piece and remove drive axle from vise.

- Insert drive axle in vise.

- Secure drive axle then press off triple roller star from drive axle.





- Remove triple roller star with rollers and set aside on a clean surface.

- Pull off joint piece from shaft.

- Pull off CV boot from shafts.

- Clean shaft and joint piece.

Assembling

- Slide CV boot onto shaft.

- Slide joint piece onto shaft.

Mount triple roller star.

Chamfer on star faces toward shaft, it facilitates assembly.

- Place triple roller stars on shaft according to markings and press on until impact.





- Insert securing ring, be sure to fit properly.

- Slide joint piece over rollers and secure.

- Pack half of specified drive axle grease from repair kit into triple roller joint.

- Pack other half of specified drive axle grease from repair kit into rear side of triple roller joint.

- Install CV boot.

The bead in CV boot must engage in joint piece groove.

- Remove drive axle from vise and clamp joint piece in.

- Insert new sealing ring - arrow - from repair kit into groove.





- Install new cover on to joint piece, position tabs on straight surfaces of joint piece - arrow -.





Holes from cover and from joint piece must line up.

- Mount clamp.





• Position the crimping tab - arrow A - of the clamp between mounting flanges of joint piece - arrows B -. This will facilitate threading the socket head bolts during installation of the drive axle.

- Tighten clamp using hose clamp pliers (V.A.G1275).