Rear Suspension

Drive Axle

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Circlip pliers (VW 161 A)

• Torque wrench (VAG 1331)

• CV joint boot clamp tool (VAG 1682)

Disassembling

- Remove both clamps from the Constant Velocity (CV) joint boot.

- Pull off CV joint boot from inner CV joint.

- Drive off inner CV joint cover.





Remove circlip using circlip pliers (VW 161 A).

- Pull inner CV joint off axle shaft by hand.

Assembling

- Install inner CV joint onto axle shaft.

- Install circlip on axle shaft using circlip pliers (VW 161 A).

- Attach CV joint boot clamp tool (VAG 1682) as shown in illustration. Be sure that edges of clamping pliers are seated in corners - arrows B - of hose clamp.





- Tension clamp by turning spindle with a torque wrench (do not tilt clamp tool).

• A stainless steel clamp must be used due to hardness of CV joint boot material (compared to rubber). This clamp can only be tensioned using CV joint boot clamp tool (VAG 1682).

• Tightening specification: 25 Nm.

• Use torque wrench with adjustment range 5 to 50 Nm (e.g. torque wrench (VAG 1331)).

• Be sure thread of spindle - A - of clamp tool moves freely. Grease with MOS 2 grease if necessary.

• If it does not move freely, e.g. due to dirt in thread, the required clamp tension will not be achieved at the specified torque.