AWD

Wheel Hub with Bearing

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque Wrench (40-200 Nm) (V.A.G 1332)

• Torque Wrench (V.A.G 1410)

Removing

- Remove the coil spring. Refer to => [ Coil Spring ] Coil Spring.

- Remove the drive axle. Refer to => [ Drive Axle ] Drive Axle.

- Remove the brake carrier and brake caliper and tie them to the body with wire.

• Do not allow the brake caliper to hang from the brake line.

- Remove the brake rotor bolt and the brake rotor.

- Remove the trailing arm bolts - 2 -.






- Remove the wheel hub with bearing from the wheel bearing housing.

Installing

Installation is the reverse of removal, with special attention to the following:

- Tighten the drive axle to wheel hub bolt. Refer to one of the following:

=> [ Drive Axle to Wheel Hub Bolt, Loosening and Tightening, with a Twelve Point Bolt with Ribs ] Drive Axle to Wheel Hub Bolt, Loosening and Tightening, with a Twelve Point Bolt with Ribs.

=> [ Drive Axle to Wheel Hub Bolt, Loosening and Tightening, with a Twelve Point Bolt without Ribs ] Drive Axle to Wheel Hub Bolt, Loosening and Tightening, with a Twelve Point Bolt without Ribs.

The vehicle must not rest on its wheels when doing so.

With the bolt loosened, the wheel bearing can be damaged by the vehicle weight.

Differences Between a Twelve Point Bolt With Ribs and a Bolt Without Ribs






The contact surfaces - arrows A and B - are different on the two bolts.

I Twelve point bolt with ribs - arrow A -
II Twelve point bolt without ribs - arrow B -

Tightening Specifications