Assembling Drive Shaft
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Position the new bellows
- at the marking you made earlier on the drive shaft (see also >> Disassembling Drive Shaft <<).
- in the grooves provided.
WARNING:
Danger of objects or loads falling down
- Risk of squashing or crushing
- → Secure components to prevent them from falling down.
The drive shaft is assembled in reverse order.
Before fitting the joint, slide all bellows, hose clamps and other clamps onto the drive shaft.
Use new circlips and ensure that they are seated correctly.
- Clamp the joint (use aluminum protective jaws). Carefully slide the new circlip onto the shaft from above.
- Press the circlip together as far as required so that the joint slides over it easily when you tap it with a rubber hammer. Hold the drive shaft and joint pin with both hands and fit the joint pin onto the drive shaft under the workshop press until the pressure increases (this is as far as it can go). Check the pressure gauge! > Contact force + 8 kN
Do not exceed the maximum force for pressing in joints (8 kilonewtons/2 tonnes)!
The procedure for fitting both joints is identical.
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- Do not use cleaning agents on the joints (grease thinners!).
- Always replace the removed joint at least during assembly.
- Press the grease with a sufficient amount of force into the ball tracks of the joint.
- Make sure that only a small amount of grease gets into the drive shaft boots.
Joint on transmission side: Grease the joint using the quantities of grease specified in the table (new joints are already greased).
Inner end of drive shaft (shown as an example)
Joint pin on wheel side: Grease the joint using the quantities of grease specified in the table. (New joints are already greased).
Outer end of drive shaft
Engine type Quantity of grease on joint at the wheel side Quantity of grease on joint at the transmission side V6 (not PHEV) V6 PHEV R4 PHEV > Pre-greased 45g > > Pre-greased 45g > Required grease 35g > Required grease 35g > Total quantity 80g + 10g quantity 80g + 10g V8 (not PHEV) > Pre-greased 53g > > Pre-greased 53g > Required quantity 30g > Required grease 30g > Total quantity 83g + 10g quantity 83g + 10g V8 PHEV > Pre-greased 80g > > Pre-greased 80g > Required grease 40g > Required grease 40g > Total quantity 120g + 10g quantity 120g + 10g - Fit hose clamps for the bellows using > V.A.G 1275A - hose clip pliers .