Overview - Final Drive

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NOTE:

Clean working conditions for the automatic transmission, refer to GUIDELINES FOR CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS .

General repair instructions, refer to GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION .

Fig 1: Front Final Drive Overview

Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC

Right Flange Shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Circlip
- Replacing
Shaft Seal
- For the right flange shaft
- Replacing, refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING
Sealing Plug
- For the hole for checking and filling
- For the transmission fluid inside the front final drive
- Tightening specification, refer to -item 2- Sealing Plug (See Figure).
Cover
- For the front final drive
- Pay attention to the alignment sleeves
Shim
- Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
O-Ring
- On the front final drive cover
- Replacing
- Removing and installing, refer to FRONT FINAL DRIVE COVER O-RING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Differential
Transmission
Shaft Seal
- For the transmission shift lever
- Replacing, refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING
Gearshift Lever
- Removing and installing, refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
Spring Pin
- Removing and installing, refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
Left Flange Shaft
- Replacing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Bolt
- 9 Nm + 60° turn
- Replacing
Left Flange Shaft Mounting Bracket
- Use the circlip to attach together with the mount to the left flange shaft. Refer to -item 17- Bearings, and -item 18- Retainer.
- If there are visible wear marks, replace the left flange shaft mounting bracket.
Bearings
- For the left flange shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT BALL BEARING MOUNTING BRACKET, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
Retainer
- For the left flange shaft mount
- Replacing
Electro-Drive Drive Motor -V141-
- Removing and installing, refer to ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING Electro-Drive Drive Motor -V141-
O-Ring
- For the input shaft
- Replacing
Shaft Seal
- For the Electro-Drive Drive Motor -V141-
- Removing and installing, refer to ELECTRO-DRIVE DRIVE MOTOR SEAL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Shaft Seal
- For the left flange shaft
- Between the final drive and the transmission housing
- Replacing, refer to LEFT SEAL, REPLACING
Shim
- Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
Bolt
- Quantity: 11
- Tightening specification and sequence, refer to Fig 2

Fig 2: Front Final Drive Cover - Tightening Sequence

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-- Tighten the bolts in two steps in the sequence shown:

Step	Bolts	Tightening Specification
1.	-1- and -6-	3 Nm
2.	-1 to 11-	27 Nm