Drive Axle With Triple Roller Joint AAR 3300I

Drive Axle with Triple Roller Joint AAR 3300i

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Thrust plate (VW 401)

• Thrust plate (VW 402)

• Punch (VW 408 A)

• Punch (VW 411)

• Tube 37 mm dia. (VW 416 B)

• Thrust pad (VW 447 H)

• Hose clamp pliers (V.A.G 1275)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1331)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• CV joint boot clamp tool (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.

- Open clamp at shaft and slide back CV boot.

- Pull joint piece out of rollers of triple roller star.

- Remove securing ring.





1 Pliers (commercially available) or circlip pliers (VW 161 A )

- Insert axle shaft in vise.

- Press triple roller star off drive axle.





- Pull off CV boot from shafts.

- Clean shaft, joint piece and groove for oil seal.

Assembling

- Slide small clamp for CV boot onto shaft.

- Slide CV boot onto shaft.

Mount triple roller star.

Chamfer on star faces toward shaft, it facilitates assembly.

- Connect triple roller star on shaft and press on up to stop.





- Make sure that pressure does not increase above 3.0 t!

- If necessary, coat drive axle splines and triple roller star with solid lubricant (G 052 142 A2).

- Insert securing ring, be sure to fit properly.

- Press 70 grams of drive axle grease from repair kit into joint piece.

- Slide joint piece over rollers and secure.

- Press 60 grams of drive axle grease from repair kit into CV joint boot.

- Install CV boot.

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





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