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33 41 005 Replacing left drive flange on rear axle shaft

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Special tools required: 

Necessary preliminary tasks: 

Force drive flange with special tools 33 2 116 / 33 2 201, 33 2 160, 33 4 200 and 5 wheel studs out of wheel bearing.

NOTE: Rounded inside edge of special tool 33 2 160 must point to drive flange.
Fig 1: Identifying Special Tools (33 2 160), (33 4 200) And (33 2 116)/(33 2 201)
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IMPORTANT: The wheel bearing is destroyed when the drive flange is removed and cannot be reused!

Replace Wheel Bearing. 

Installation: 

Install Output Shaft. 

Oil drive flange lightly and attach to splines of output shaft.

Draw Drive Flange Into Wheel Bearing. 

After installation: