Flange/Driveshaft Protective Ring, Replacing

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Press Plate :VW 401 
  Fig 1: Press Plate

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• Press Piece - Rod :VW 407 
  Fig 2: Press Piece - Rod VW 407

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• Press Piece - Multiple Use :VW 412 
  Fig 3: Identifying Press Piece - Multiple Use (VW 412)

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• Seal Installer - Flange Shaft :T10049 
  Fig 4: Seal Installer - Flange Shaft T10049

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• -3- 22 to 75 mm Separating Tool, for example Splitter :VAS 251409 
  Fig 5: Commercially Available Puller Set

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• Flange/driveshaft removed.

Fig 6: Pressing Dust Cap Off Of Driveshaft Flange

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1. 22 to 115 mm Separating Tool, for example Splitter :VAS 251411 

Fig 7: Install the protective ring -arrow- onto the flange/driveshaft.

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• Installation position: ribbed side of the protective ring points to the flange.
• The protective ring -A- must engage audibly in the groove on the flange.