Component Location Overview - Seals

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Audi A3 and 2015 Audi A3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Transmission
Right Seal
- Replacing. Refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING .
Seal
- For the selector shaft
- Replacing. Refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
Right Seal
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Replacing. Refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING .
Seal
- Always replace after removing
- Insert into the surrounding right flange shaft groove
- Remove to replace needle bearing (polygon bearing) -7-. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT NEEDLE BEARING (POLYGON BEARING), REPLACING .
Right Flange Shaft
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Removing and installing. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
Needle Bearing (Polygon Bearing)
- If it is difficult to move when the flange shaft is removed, this is not a fault
- Acoustic test only when installed
- Check for damage, for example for cracks on the bearing outer race
- Replacing. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT NEEDLE BEARING (POLYGON BEARING), REPLACING .
Bevel Box
Seal
- For output flange
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Replacing. Refer to OUTPUT FLANGE SEAL, REPLACING .
Seal
- Between the transmission and the bevel box, on the bevel box
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Replacing. Refer to SEAL ON BEVEL BOX BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND BEVEL BOX, REPLACING .
Left Seal
- For the left flange shaft
- Replacing. Refer to LEFT SEAL, REPLACING .