5-speed manual gearbox 01A, four-wheel drive — Removing and installing rear final drive — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A4 B5 (8D)

• Special tools named: T10172/5
• Renewed: self-locking nuts, gasket between propshaft
• Also covered elsewhere: Notes Servicing propshaft

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• Check whether there is a factory marking (coloured dot) on the propshaft. If no factory marking is visible, mark the position of the propshaft flange (A) relative to the rear final drive (B)(arrows).
• Counterhold tool T10172 with T10172/5 may be used to counterhold propshaft.
• Cross member (1) does not need to be removed.

📋 Procedure

1. Remove rear section of exhaust system (rearward of clamp(s)) Engine, mechanics26.
2. Remove heat shield above propshaft.
3. Check whether there is a factory marking (coloured dot) on the propshaft. If no factory marking is visible, mark the position of the propshaft flange (A) relative to the rear final drive (B)(arrows).
4. Unscrew securing bolts for propshaft flange. [Note: Counterhold tool T10172 with T10172/5 may be used to counterhold propshaft.]
5. Tie up propshaft to bracket for handbrake cable with wire. [Note: If propshaft cannot be pressed upwards past flange, lower final drive and then tie up propshaft. When lowering the final drive, prevent the propshaft from dropping and do not bend the centre joint further than the maximum bending angle ⇒ Notes Servicing propshaft.]

6. Detach drive shafts (left and right) from rear final drive and place to one side Running gear, front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive42.
7. Support final drive with engine and gearbox jackV.A.G 1383 A and universal supportV.A.G 1359/2.
8. Secure final drive with strap.
9. Unscrew bolts (arrows) at front cross member for rear final drive.
10. Detach front cross member.
11. Unscrew securing bolts (B) and (C) for rear cross member at rear final drive.
12. Lower final drive using engine/gearbox jack [Note: Cross member (1) does not need to be removed.] [Note: Always renew self-locking nuts.Clean all remaining locking fluid out of the tapped holes in the propshaft flange shaft on rear final drive. The residue can be removed using a tap. Otherwise the securing bolts can shear off when they are screwed in.Renew gasket between propshaft and flange shaft (pull off protective foil and stick gasket onto flange shaft). Bonding surface must be free from grease.Renew propshaft bolts (self-locking).]
13. Raise final drive with engine and gearbox jack until both drive shafts can be connected Running gear, front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive42.
14. Lightly tighten bolts for drive shafts.
15. Raise final drive and bolt to cross member and final drive support.
16. Secure propshaft . [Note: To prevent imbalance, the flange on the propshaft (A) and the flange on the rear final drive (B) must be installed so that the coloured markings are in alignment (arrows).After detaching the propshaft from the rear final drive, the additional balancing washer (thicker washer) that may be fitted between the lock plate and one of the bolt heads must not be reinstalled.Renew propshaft bolts (self-locking).]
17. Check oil level in rear final drive .
18. Install exhaust system so it is free of stress Engine, mechanics26.

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