Left Drive Axle With Mounted CV Joint
Left Drive Axle with Mounted CV Joint
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Slide hammer - complete set (VW 771)
• Puller (T10382)
• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)
When disassembling and performing repairs on vehicle, the drive axles must not be allowed to hang down and contact the stops in the joint by overflexing.
Removing
- Loosen drive axle bolt to wheel hub:
• 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.
• 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.
The wheel bearing must not be under a load while the drive axle threaded connection on the wheel side is loose.
If the wheel bearings are under the load of the vehicle's own weight, the wheel bearing will be damaged. This reduces the service life of the wheel bearings.
The drive axle bolt may be loosened maximum 90° when the vehicle is standing on its wheels.
Vehicles without a drive axle must not be moved, otherwise the wheel bearing will be damaged. If a vehicle must be moved, be sure to note the following:
• Install an outer joint in place of the drive axle.
• Tighten the outer joint to 120 Nm.
- Remove the lower noise insulation.
- Remove the wheel.
- Remove nuts - arrows -.
- Remove both the wheel bearing housing and ball joint from the control arm.
- Slide outer joint out of wheel hub by hand.
- Secure the drive axle from falling down.
- Place the removing plate (T10382/1) behind the CV joint - 1 -.
The opening - arrow - in the (T10382/1) must face the CV joint- 1 -.
- Attach the spindles (T10382/2) and the traverse (T10382/3) to the (T10382/1).
- Attach the (VW 771) to the (T10382/3).
- Remove the drive axle with a few hits on the (VW 771).
- Remove the drive axle from the vehicle.
Installing
• Remove any paint residue and/or corrosion in threads/splines of outer joint.
- Install the new circlip into the stub shaft groove on the transmission.
- Lightly lubricate the stub shaft splines with Universal grease (G 060 735 A2)
- Bring outer and inner splines of the transmission and CV joint into engagement.
- Grab drive axle by hand and push it into the CV joint up to the stop.
- Now push the CV joint with one jerk onto the transmission stub shaft.
• Do not use a hammer or a knocking tool under any circumstances!
- Make sure the CV joint is securely fitted by pulling the CV joint against the circlip resistance.
For this check, do not pull on the drive axle, but rather only on the CV joint.
- Remove the (T10038)
- Insert outer joint as far as possible into wheel hub splines.
- Attach the ball joint to the control arm - arrows -.
• Make sure that the ball joint boot is not damaged or twisted.
- Remove the lower noise insulation.
- Tighten drive axle bolt to wheel hub:
• 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
• 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
Vehicle must not rest on wheels when doing so.
With bolt loosened, wheel bearing can be damaged by vehicle's own weight.
Differences Between a Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs and a Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs
The contact surfaces - arrow A - and - arrow B - are different on the two-point bolts.
I Twelve-point bolt with ribs - arrow A -
II Twelve-point bolt without ribs - arrow B -
- Install the wheel and tighten the wheel bolts. Refer to => [ Wheel Bolts Tightening Specification ] [1][2]Specifications.
Tightening Specifications
