Driveshaft (Input) Flanged Shaft, Seal and/or Bearing
COMPONENT NOTES AND INFORMATION
NOTE:
^ Final drive installed
^ Refer to General Repair Instructions.
1 Driveshaft flange
2 Oil seal
3 Countersunk screws
- Tighten to: 25 Nm (18 ft lb)
4 Oil seal
5 Cover
6 Grooved ball bearing
7 Sleeve
8 Plastic washer
9 Final drive
10 Large circlip
11 Small circlip
PROCEDURES
- Drain gear oil.
- Remove silencer (muffler), refer to Exhaust System.
- Disconnect drive shaft at rear final drive and tie up.
- Carefully press heat shield off left parking brake cable.
- Detach parking brake cables (arrows -A-) at front and detach from the body.
- Detach final drive together with crossmember (arrow -B-) and carefully lower.
- Remove crossmember.
- Remove bracket from final drive (arrow -C-).
- Unscrew cover from final drive and remove at flanged shaft.
-A- An 8 or 10 mm bolt as required
- Press off sleeve.
- Remove small circlip.
- Press out flange.
- Pry out oil seal using VW 681.
- Only if also replacing grooved ball bearing:
Remove large circlip.
Press out grooved ball bearing.
Press in grooved ball bearing.
Install large circlip.
- Installing new oil seal -B- with washer -A- onto punch 2005.
Washer -A- thickness: 1.05 mm (0.041 inch)
- Drive new seal in as far as stop.
- Remove punch 2005 and washer.
- Press in flange.
- Install small circlip.
- Install sleeve and tap on with plastic-headed hammer.
- Install cover and flange and bolt tight.
- Bolt bracket to final drive.
- Carefully raise final drive and bolt to crossmember.
- Attach parking brake cables and adjust parking brake.
- Pour in gear oil.
Capacity and specification. Specifications
- Bolt on cover plate.
- Bolt on driveshaft.
- Install silencer (muffler).
- Tighten the following to:
Driveshaft to flanged shaft: 55 Nm (41 ft lb)
NOTE:
^ Bolts are micro-encapsulated.
^ Always install new bolts.
^ Clean the threads in the flanged shaft.
Final drive to crossmember: 45 Nm (33 ft lb)
Bracket to final drive: 25 Nm (18 ft lb)
Cover to final drive: 25 Nm (18 ft lb)