Overview - Center Differential Housing, Bolted Driveshaft
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NOTE:
Refer to GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION .
Refer to GUIDELINES FOR CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS .
Assembly work and tightening specifications are outlined in the "S tronic Transmission Internal Components" service information.
- Bolt
- Aluminum bolts
- Quantity 11
- Replacing
- Tightening specification and sequence:
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-- Tighten the bolts in eight steps as follows:
Step Bolts Tightening Specification/Additional Turn 1. Aluminum bolts -1- 8 Nm 2. Aluminum bolts -2- Install the bolt hand-tight. 3. Aluminum bolts -1- Loosen again and then install all the way hand-tight 4. Aluminum bolts -3- Install the bolt hand-tight. 5. Steel bolts -4- Install the bolt hand-tight. 6. -1, 2, 3, 4- 10 Nm diagonally 7. Steel bolts -4- 15 Nm 8. -1, 2, 3, 4- 90° additional turn, diagonally
- Housing
- for the center differential
- CENTER DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, BOLTED DRIVESHAFT
- Ball Bearing
- for the rear flange shaft
- Removing and installing. Refer to OVERVIEW - CENTER DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, BOLTED DRIVESHAFT , and REAR FLANGE SHAFT, SEAL AND BALL BEARING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Spacer Sleeve
- Removing and installing. Refer to OVERVIEW - CENTER DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, BOLTED DRIVESHAFT , and REAR FLANGE SHAFT, SEAL AND BALL BEARING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Gear carrier
- Installed position: The tab must fit into the cut-out in the transmission housing.
- Spacer Sleeve
- Shim
- Ball Bearing
- for the center differential
- Center differential
- Ball Bearing
- for the center differential
- Pressure Spring
- Shim
- Plate Spring
- Installed position: The side curved outward faces the shaft seal -17-
- Locking Ring
- for the rear flange shaft
- Removing and installing. Refer to CENTER DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Bolt
- Steel bolts
- Quantity: 2
- Replacing
- Tightening specification and sequence: Refer to -item 1- .
- Balance weight
- Installed depending on the version
- Shaft Seal
- Rear flange shaft
- without vibration damper
- Allocate correct components.
- Removing and installing. Refer to OVERVIEW - CENTER DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, BOLTED DRIVESHAFT , and REAR FLANGE SHAFT, SEAL AND BALL BEARING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Rear flange shaft
- With vibration damper
- Allocate correct components.
- Removing and installing. Refer to OVERVIEW - CENTER DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING, BOLTED DRIVESHAFT , and REAR FLANGE SHAFT, SEAL AND BALL BEARING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Bolt
- Tightening specification:
- 20 Nm +90°
- Replacing