Rear Suspension

Drive Axle

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Circlip pliers (VW 161 A)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1331)

• CV joint boot clamp tool (V.A.G 1682)

Disassembling

- Remove both clamps from CV boot.

- Pull off CV boot from inner joint.

- Drive off inner joint cover.





Remove circlip using (VW 161 A).

- Pull inner joint off drive axle by hand.

Assembling

- Install inner joint onto drive axle.

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

- Attach (V.A.G 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 boot material (compared to rubber). This clamp can only be tensioned using (V.A.G 1682).

• Torque specification: 25 Nm.

• Use torque wrench with adjustment range 5 to 50 Nm (e.g. (V.A.G 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.