Center Differential, Removing And Installing: Removing
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- The transmission is installed.
NOTE:
General repair instructions. Refer to GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION .
Guidelines for clean working conditions. Refer to RULES FOR CLEANLINESS WHEN WORKING ON DSG .
-- Remove the driveshaft. Refer to appropriate service information. .
-- Drain the transmission fluid. Refer to TRANSMISSION FLUID, DRAINING AND FILLING .
CAUTION:
Transmission components could be damaged.
- The self-locking center differential is pretensioned with a pressure spring.
- Carefully remove the center differential housing from the transmission toward the rear. Otherwise the center differential could fall out of the transmission.
-- Remove the bolts from the self-locking center differential housing in the following sequence: -11 to 1-.
-- Remove the oil guide piece.
-- Secure the center differential -1- so it does not fall out or remove it toward the rear from the input shaft.