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Transmission and Clutch Housings






Transmission and Clutch Housings

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Needle Bearing Drift (VW 295)

Needle Bearing Drift (VW 295 A)

Thrust Pad (VW 447 H)

Thrust Pad (VW 512)

Press Tube (2040)

Thrust Tube (VW 454)

Spindle from Seal Installer Set - Rear Diff (3066)

Thrust Pad (3124) (If the seal and sleeve are in two pieces)

Slide Hammer-Complete Set (VW 771) (If the seal and sleeve are a single piece)

Additional Part for VW 771 (VW 771/37) (If the seal and sleeve are a single piece)

Thrust Piece (T10148) (If the seal and sleeve are a single piece)






1 Transmission Housing

When replacing: adjust the input shaft and differential, refer to => [ Adjustment Overview ] Adjustment Overview.

2 Needle Bearing

For the output shaft.

Removing, refer to => [ Needle Bearing, Removing ].

Installing and securing, refer to => [ Needle Bearing, Installing ].

3 Oil Filler Plug

35 Nm

Fluid level cannot be checked by removing oil filler plug.

If transmission was disassembled, it must be filled before being installed again.

Rabbit, for MY 2006-2009, refer to => [ Code Letters, Transmission Allocation and Capacities ] Code Letters, Transmission Allocation and Capacities.

Capacities, Golf from MY 2010, refer to => [ Code Letters, Transmission Allocation and Capacities ] Code Letters, Transmission Allocation and Capacities.

4 Outer Race/Tapered Roller Bearing

For the output shaft.

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Output Shaft ] Output Shaft.

When replacing: adjust the input shaft, refer to => [ Output Shaft, Adjusting ] Output Shaft, Adjusting.

5 Adjusting Shim

For the output shaft.

Adjustment overview, refer to => [ Adjustment Overview ] Adjustment Overview.

6 Adjusting Shim

For the input shaft.

Adjustment overview, refer to => [ Input Shaft, Adjusting ] Input Shaft, Adjusting.

7 Outer Race/Tapered Roller Bearing

For the input shaft.

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Input Shaft ] Input Shaft.

When replacing: adjust the input shaft, refer to => [ Input Shaft, Adjusting ] Input Shaft, Adjusting.

8 Outer Race/Tapered Roller Bearing

For the input shaft.

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Input Shaft ] Input Shaft.

When replacing: adjust the input shaft, refer to => [ Input Shaft, Adjusting ] Input Shaft, Adjusting.

9 Needle Sleeve

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Reverse Shaft ] Reverse Shaft.

10 Alignment Sleeve

Quantity: 2

11 Clutch Housing

When replacing: see adjustment overview, refer to => [ Adjustment Overview ] Adjustment Overview.

12 Guide Sleeve

With seal for the drive axle and vulcanized O-ring.

Removing the seal, refer to => [ Removing the Seal from the Guide Sleeve ].

Installing the seal, refer to => [ Installing the Seal onto the Guide
Sleeve ].

Remove the guide sleeve to replace the seal

If the O-ring is damaged, then replace the guide sleeve and the O-ring.

13 Bolt

Removing and installing, see - item 6 - in => [ Clutch Release Mechanism ] Service and Repair.

14 Seal

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Right Flange Shaft Seal and Sleeve, Two Piece ] Right Flange Shaft Seal and Sleeve, Two Piece.

15 Sleeve

For the seal - item 14 -.

Removing, refer to => [ Prying out the Sleeve ].

Installing, refer to => [ Installing the Sleeve ].

16 Seal and Sleeve, One-Piece

If the seal is damaged, then replace both the seal and sleeve.

Removing, refer to => [ Removing the Sleeve and Seal ].

Installing, refer to => [ Installing the Sleeve and Seal ].

17 Oil Drain Plug

35 Nm

18 Outer Race/Tapered Roller Bearing

For the differential.

When replacing: adjust the differential, refer to => [ Differential, Adjusting ] Differential, Adjusting.

19 Magnet

Held in place by the housing joint surface.

20 Oil Guide

Install the oil guide y into the transmission housing, refer to => [ Installing the Oil Guide into
the Transmission ].

21 Outer Race/Tapered Roller Bearing

For the differential.


When replacing: adjust the differential. Refer to => [ Differential, Adjusting ] Differential, Adjusting.

22 Adjusting Shim

For the differential.

Adjustment overview, refer to => [ Adjustment Overview ] Adjustment Overview.

23 Seal

Removing and installing, refer to => [ Left Flange Shaft Seal ] Left Flange Shaft Seal.

Needle Bearing, Removing





Needle Bearing, Installing





- Secure the needle bearing at three points inside the transmission housing, offset by 120 degrees , using a mandrel.

Removing the Seal from the Guide Sleeve





Installing the Seal onto the Guide Sleeve





Prying out the Sleeve





- Pry out the sleeve using a screwdriver - arrow -

Installing the Sleeve





- Install the spindle - A - from assembly tool (3066) into the threaded piece on the differential.

- Turn the nut - B - and pull the sleeve all the in using thrust pad (3124).

If the transmission is disassembled, press the sleeve in until seated using thrust pad (3124).

Removing the Sleeve and Seal





The sleeve has a shoulder on the inside.

- Install additional part for VW 771 (VW 771/37) behind the shoulder inside the sleeve.

- Using force, push the additional part for VW 771 (VW 771/37) into the sleeve.

Installing the Sleeve and Seal





- Clean the seal in the transmission.

- Install the spindle - A - from assembly tool (3066) into the threaded piece on the differential.

- Turn the nut - B - and pull the sleeve all the way in using thrust pad (T10148).

If transmission is disassembled, press the sleeve in until seated using thrust pad (T10148).

Installing the Oil Guide - A - into the Transmission





- Insert the oil guide into the hole - arrow 1 - and groove - arrow 2 - at the same time.