Left Flange Shaft Seal

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NOTE:

A defective shaft seal will allow gear oil to enter the torque converter bell housing.

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Oil Collecting and Extracting Device VAG 1782
Extractor Lever VW 681
Thrust Piece T10139

Procedure

Transmission removed and mounted to the engine/transmission holder. Refer to TRANSMISSION, SECURING IN ENGINE/TRANSMISSION HOLDER .

NOTE:

Clean working conditions for the automatic transmission. Refer to CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS .

General repair instructions, refer to REPAIR INFORMATION .

CAUTION:

There is a risk of damaging the transmission.

Do not place the transmission on the ATF pan.

-- Place the VAG 1782 under the transmission.

-- Drain the gear oil from front final drive. Refer to GEAR OIL IN FRONT FINAL DRIVE, FILLING AFTER REPAIR .

-- Remove the right flange shaft. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT .

-- Remove the bolts from the front final drive cover in the following sequence: -11 to 1-.

Fig 1: Front Final Drive Cover Bolts Loosening And Tightening Sequence

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-- Remove the front final drive cover together with the tapered roller bearing outer race and the adjustment shim.

NOTE:

The shim must be the correct size and must not be replaced by a shim with a different thickness.

-- Remove the differential -arrow-.

Fig 2: Removing/Installing Differential

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-- Remove the outer race for the differential tapered roller bearing -1- and the shim -2- located behind it from the transmission housing by hand.

Fig 3: Identifying Tapered Roller Bearing Outer Race For Differential And Shim

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NOTE:

The shim must be the correct size and must not be replaced by a shim with a different thickness.

-- Remove the left flange shaft. Refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT .

-- Remove shaft seal.

Fig 4: Pulling Out Oil Seal

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NOTE:

The extractor lever must be positioned behind both sealing lips on the shaft seal. Do not position at outer circumference of shaft seal, otherwise the contact surface in transmission housing will be damaged. Guide the release lever carefully while prying out.

-- Examine shaft seal seat in transmission housing for damage; if necessary rework.

-- Coat the outer circumference and sealing lip of shaft seal with axle oil.

NOTE:

Push shaft seal onto pressure piece so that the projecting sealing lip of seal faces the tool.

-- Drive on in new shaft seal as far as stop.

Fig 5: Driving In New Oil Seal As Far As Stop Using Thrust Piece T10139

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-- Insert the shim -2- and the outer race for the differential tapered roller bearing -1- into the transmission housing by hand as far as the stop.

Fig 6: Identifying Tapered Roller Bearing Outer Race For Differential And Shim

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-- Replace the O-ring -arrow-.

Fig 7: Differential Cover O-Ring

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-- Insert the differential into the transmission housing.

If the tapered roller bearing outer race and the shim have fallen out of the front final drive cover:

-- Lubricate the shim and tapered roller bearing outer race with gear oil and insert them into the front final drive cover as far as the stop.

-- Tighten the front final drive cover bolts FRONT FINAL DRIVE COVER - TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS AND SEQUENCE .

Fig 8: Front Final Drive Cover Bolts Loosening And Tightening Sequence

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-- Install the left flange shaft. Refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT .

-- Install the right flange shaft. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT .

-- Axle oil, adding to transmission after repair. Refer to GEAR OIL IN FRONT FINAL DRIVE, FILLING AFTER REPAIR .