Rear Final Drive 0BF And 0BE Identification

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The rear final drive 0BF is installed on the Audi A4 from MY 08, Audi A5 Coupe from MY 08, Audi A5 Cabriolet from MY 09, Audi A6 from MY 11, Audi A7 from MY 11 and Audi A8 from MY 10.

Allocation to the following transmissions:

6-speed manual transmission 0B2 AWD
6-speed manual transmission 0B4 AWD
7-speed S-Tronic transmission 0B5 AWD
Automatic transmission 0B6 AWD
8-speed automatic transmission 0BK AWD

The rear final drive 0BE is a more powerful version of the 0BF transmission and is installed only in the Audi A8 MY 10 with a V8 TDI engine.

Allocation to the following transmission:

8-speed automatic transmission 0BL AWD

Rear Final Drive Allocation

Classification on the Rear Final Drive

Clutch classification -arrow 1-

Fig 1: Locating Classification, Code And Build Date

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Code and build date -arrow 2-

NOTE:

The rear final drive "0BF and 0BE" has a hydraulic control unit with the side chambers.

-Arrow 1- code letters -LFW-

Fig 2: Identifying Last Six Characters Of Serial Number
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-Arrow 2- rear final drive date of manufacture

Example:	08	12	09
	I	I	I
	Year of manufacture -2008-	Month	Day

-Arrow 3- Right clutch classification (classification of the clutch friction values) Example: -272D-
-Arrow 4- Left clutch classification (classification of the clutch friction values) Example: -4A10-

The other data is not needed.

NOTE:

When replacing a rear final drive, always pay close attention to the final drive code, the PR number and the engine code.