Front Final Drive Cover O-Ring, Removing And Installing

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Used Oil Collection and Extraction Unit VAG1782

Procedure

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

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NOTE:

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

General repair instructions, refer to GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION .

-- Place the Used Oil Collection and Extraction Unit SMN372500 under the transmission.

-- Remove the right flange shaft, refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

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

-- 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.

-- Replace the O-ring -arrow-.

Fig 2: 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, refer to Figure.

Fig 3: Front Final Drive Cover - Tightening Sequence

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-- Install the right flange shaft, refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Add axle oil to the transmission after repair, refer to GEAR OIL .