Right Flange Shaft

Right Flange Shaft

• Automatic transmission clean working conditions, refer to => [ Clean Working Conditions ] Clean Working Conditions.

• General repair instructions, refer to => [ General Repair Information ] General Repair Information.

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Used Oil Collecting and Extracting Device (V.A.G 1782)

Removing

• Transmission installed.

- Remove the right drive axle heat shield.

- Remove right drive axle from transmission flange and tie up.

- Place (V.A.G 1782) beneath transmission.





- Remove the flange shaft by placing a chisel or spacer piece - A - under the flange shaft and by turning bolt - B -.

• If difficult to remove, rotate the flange shaft and install the bolt into the opposite threaded hole for removing the flange shaft.

- Always replace the flange shaft circlip.

- Clamp the flange shaft in a vise with jaw protectors. Remove the old circlip - A - from the groove in the flange shaft using the new circlip.





Installing

- Clean flange shaft and shaft seal.

- If the shaft seal is damaged, it must be replaced => [ Right Flange Shaft Seal ] Right Flange Shaft Seal.

- Fill the space between the sealing- and dust lip half way with sealing grease (G 052 128 A1).

- Insert flange shaft by hand into front final drive splines until splines lock properly into place.

- Push the flange shaft all the way in either by hand or using the drift (VW 295).

• The locking ring must lock onto the flange shaft.

- Install right drive axle.

- Install the driveshaft heat shield.

- Check the axle oil level in the front final drive. Refer to => [ Separate or Combined Oil Systems, Differentiation ] Separate or Combined Oil Systems, Differentiation.

Tightening Specifications