Driveshafts

Driveshafts

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Engine/Transmission Jack (V.A.G 1383 A)

• Counterhold Tool Touareg V10 (T10172) with Adapter (T10172/5)

Removing

• Perform work on driveshaft on a two-column lift if possible.

• Mark the position of all the parts to each other before removing them. Install in the same position otherwise the imbalance will be excessive and the bearings could get damaged causing rumbling noises.

• Do not kink the driveshaft, only store and move when fully extended.

• Never let the driveshaft "just hang" during removal. Always support it.

• Always remove or install the driveshaft horizontally with respect to the drive flange.

- Remove the noise insulation - 1 and 2 -.






- Remove the catalytic converters.






- Remove the bolts - arrows - and remove the crossbrace - 1 - if present.






- Remove the bolts - 2 - and remove the bracket - 3 -.


Danger of causing damage to the decoupling element inside the primary catalytic converter.

• Do not bend the decoupling element more than 10°.

- Remove the crossmember on the underbody - 1 - if present. To do this, remove the nuts - arrows -.






- Remove the exhaust system rear section.

- Counterhold the rear final drive with the (T10172) and (T10172/5) when loosening or tightening the driveshaft.






- Remove the bolts - 2 and 3 - for the pendulum support.






• Ignore - 1 -.

- Make sure there is a marking (a color dot) on the flexible disc and the driveshaft flange on the rear final drive - arrows -.






- If the marking is not there, then mark the position of the flexible disc to the driveshaft flange on the rear final drive.

- Counterhold using the (T10172) and remove the driveshaft bolts - arrows - from the rear final drive.






- Remove the bolts - arrows - for the center bearing and the heat shield. Then remove the heat shield.






• Ignore - A - and (V.A.G 1383 A).

• A second technician is needed to help remove the driveshaft.







Danger of causing damage to the shaft seal - arrow - inside the driveshaft flange.

• Remove the driveshaft horizontally from the centering pins.

• If seal is damaged, driveshaft must be replaced.

- Remove the driveshaft first from the centering pin on the rear final drive and then carefully from the centering pin on the bevel box.


Danger of causing damage to the boot inside the support.

• If possible, remove, install and store the driveshaft in its fully extended position.

Installing

Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

• For the correct tightening specifications, refer to => [ Driveshaft Overview ] Description and Operation.

• Install all marked parts in their original position.

- Attach to the driveshaft to the rear final drive making sure the markings - arrows - are lined up.






- Install the bolts - 1 - for the center bearing but do not tighten them.






- Tighten the bolts for attaching the driveshaft flexible disc to the bevel box and to the rear final drive.

- Align the center bearing in the oblong holes so that neither the driveshaft nor the center bearing are under stress.

- Tighten the bolts - 1 -.

• The bolts must fit inside the tabs on the heat shield.

- Install pendulum support.

- Install rear exhaust system.






- Tighten the crossmember on the underbody - 1 - if present. Tightening specification: 23 Nm.

- Install the catalytic converters, mount - 3 - and the crossbrace - 1 - if equipped.






- Install the noise insulation.