Wheel Bearing and Wheel Hub, AWD

Wheel Bearing and Wheel Hub, AWD

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

• Torque wrench (V.A.G 1410)

Removing

- Remove coil spring => [ Coil Spring, AWD ] Coil Spring, AWD.

- Remove the drive axle => [ Driveshaft, AWD ] Rear Suspension.

- Remove brake carrier and brake caliper and tie to body with wire => 46.

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

- Remove the brake rotor bolt and the brake rotor.

- Remove screws - 2 -.






- Remove wheel hub/wheel bearing unit from wheel bearing housing.

Installing

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

- Tighten the driveshaft bolt to wheel hub:

• Twelve-point bolt with ribs, refer to => [ Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs, Loosening and Tightening, Driveshaft Threaded Connection ] Twelve-Point Bolt with Ribs, Loosening and Tightening, Driveshaft Threaded Connection

• Twelve-point bolt without ribs, refer to => [ Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening, Driveshaft Threaded Connection ] Twelve-Point Bolt without Ribs, Loosening and Tightening, Driveshaft Threaded Connection

Vehicle must not rest on wheels when doing so.

With screw loosened, wheel bearing can be damaged by the vehicle 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 -

Tightening Specifications