Flange/Driveshaft Seal, Rear Final Drive 0BE: Installing

Install in reverse order of removal. Be sure to note the following:

-- Fill the space between the sealing and dust lips halfway with sealing grease G 052 128 A1.

-- Coat the outer circumference of the shaft seal with gear oil.

-- Place the new seal -A- on the T40247/1.

-- Install the T40247/1 and the shaft seal -A- on the pinion -B-.

-- Install the new shaft seal all the way without tilting it.

-- Heat the flange/driveshaft -B- to 115 °C (239 °F) using the VAS 6414 or a hotplate.

-- Position the flange/driveshaft -B- on the pinion -A- so that the marking -arrow- lines up.

-- Install the flange/driveshaft all the way using the T10380.

Install the circlip -1- as follows:

• Always replace the circlip -1-.
• The bevel on the inner diameter of the locking ring -arrow A- faces out, toward the driveshaft.
• The wide strip on the locking ring -arrow B- must be on the right side, as illustrated.

-- Measure the thickness of the old circlip -1-.

-- Install a new circlip -1- having the same thickness as the old one.

-- Install the new locking ring -1-.

-- Gear oil in rear final drive 0BE, Filling, refer to GEAR OIL IN REAR FINAL DRIVE 0BE, FILLING .

-- Driveshaft, attaching to rear final drive ATTACH THE DRIVESHAFT TO THE REAR FINAL DRIVE 

-- Install rear section of the exhaust system. Refer to the appropriate service information .