Drive Axle, Bolted Inner Joint

Drive Axle, Bolted Inner Joint

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Vehicle Diagnostic, Testing and Information System (VAS 5051B)

Removing

- Remove the noise insulation.

- Loosen wheel side drive axle threaded connection.

• Refer to => [ Drive Axle Hex Bolt Connection, Loosening and Tightening ] Description and Operation.

• Refer to => [ Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs, Loosening and Tightening ] Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt With Ribs, Loosening and Tightening.

• Refer to => [ Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening ] Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt Without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening.

- Remove the wheel.

- Remove the drive axle from the transmission flange - arrows -.






- Remove the hex nuts - arrows - on the ball joint.






- Remove the nut from the vehicle level sensor linkage, if applicable.

- Disengage the transverse link from the ball joint.

- Tip the suspension strut outward while pressing drive axle out of wheel bearing unit with a brass drive (possibly tapping lightly)

- Remove drive axle.

Installing

Installation is the reverse of removal, with special attention to the following:

- Lightly coat the splines on the outer joint with assembly paste before installing the outer joint into the wheel hub. Allocation, refer to the Electronic Parts Catalog (ETKA).

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Wheel Bearing Housing and Wheel Bearing Unit Overview ] Service and Repair.

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ 100 mm Inner CV Joint ] 100 mm Inner CV Joint.

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Subframe, Diagonal Brace, Ball Joint, Stabilizer Bar, Transverse Link, Bracket and Vehicle Level Sensor Overview ] Subframe, Diagonal Brace, Ball Joint, Stabilizer Bar, Transverse Link, Bracket and Vehicle Level Sensor Overview.

- Tighten the drive axle hex collar bolt. Refer to => [ Drive Axle Hex Bolt Connection, Loosening and Tightening ] Description and Operation.

- Tighten the twelve-point bolt with ribs. Refer to => [ Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs, Loosening and Tightening ] Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt With Ribs, Loosening and Tightening.

- Tighten the twelve-point bolt without ribs. Refer to => [ Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening ] Drive Axle Twelve-Point Bolt Without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening.

- Perform a headlamp basic setting using the (VAS 5051B) if the vehicle has automatic headlamp range control.

- On vehicles with electronically-controlled damping (Audi magnetic ride), reprogram the control position using the (VAS 5051B).