Flange Shaft Seals, Rear Final Drive Removed: Removing

-- Follow the general repair instructions. Refer to the appropriate service information.

-- Remove rear final drive. Refer to REAR FINAL DRIVE .

-- Remove the flange shaft bolt. While doing this, install the two bolts into the flange counter hold the flange shaft using a tire iron.

Fig 1: Identifying Flange Shaft Bolt, Removal

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-- Remove the flange shaft.

-- Remove the flange shaft seal using the VW 771 and the additional part for the slide Hammer VW 771/37.

Fig 2: Identifying Flange Shaft Seal, Removal

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