Center Differential Housing
Center Differential Housing
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Thrust Plate (VW 401)
• Thrust Plate (VW 402)
• Thrust Disc (VW 412)
• Tube 60 mm Dia. (VW 415 A)
• Press Tube (30 - 100)
• Press Tube (2040)
• Thrust Piece (T40165)
• Thread Locking Compound (AMV 185 101 A1)
• Sealing Grease (G 052 128 A1)
1 Center Differential
• Service by manufacturer only
2 Spring
3 Adjustment Shim
4 Plate Spring
• Installed position: the camber on the inner diameter faces toward the flange shaft
5 Spacer Sleeve
• Removing
• Installing
6 Securing Ring
• For flange shaft
7 Ball Bearing
• For flange shaft
• Removing
• Installing
8 Shaft Seal
• Prying out
• Installing
9 Rear Flange Shaft
• Without vibration damper
• Allocate components shims, refer to the electronic parts catalog ETKA.
• Removing
• Installing
10 Rear Flange Shaft
• With vibration damper
• Allocate components shims, refer to the electronic parts catalog ETKA.
• Removing
• Installing
11 Bolt
• 15 Nm plus an additional 90° turn
• For vibration damper
• Quantity: 3
• Insert with locking fluid (AMV 185 101 A1)
12 Vibration Damper
• Not present on all versions
• Allocate according to transmission code, refer to the electronic parts catalog ETKA
13 Center Differential Housing
Installing the Flange Shaft Ball Bearing and Spacer Sleeve
Removing the Flange Shaft Ball Bearing and Spacer Sleeve
• The shoulder on the (VW 415 A) - arrow - faces toward the (VW 412).
Remove the Circlip - arrow -.
Prying Out the Shaft Seal - 1 -
• Ignore - 2 -.
Installing the Seal for the Rear Flange Shaft
- Lightly coat the shaft seal on the outer circumference with oil and then install it.
- Fill area between sealing lip and dust lip halfway with sealing grease (G 052 128 A1).
Pressing Out Flange Shaft
- Remove the circlip before remove the flange shaft.
- Position the center differential housing so the flange shaft does not come into contact with the (VW 401) and (VW 402) when pressing it off.
Pressing In Flange Shaft
- Tighten the vibration damper, if applicable, before pressing the flange shaft in. Tightening specification - 11 -.