5-speed manual gearbox 01A, four-wheel drive — Servicing cover for centre differential, removing and installing centre differential — AUDI
5-speed manual gearbox 01A, four-wheel drive — Servicing cover for centre differential, removing and installing centre differential on Audi: 13 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E)
- Special tools named: puller
📋 Procedure
- Remove circlip (A).
- Screw an M8 bolt into thread of sealing cap (B).
- Pull out sealing cap (B) using bolt.
- Bend open circlip and pull out flange shaft.
- When inserting flange shaft, fit circlip at the same time.
- Position thrust piece 3002 directly on centre differential through opening (arrow).
- Press ball bearing on as far as stop.
- Remove circlip before pressing out bearing.
- Fit circlip after pressing in bearing.
- Both needle bearings in the centre differential are removed with the same puller.
- Both needle bearings in the centre differential are pressed in with the same special tool.
- Lightly oil outer circumference of oil seal.
- Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.
Other AUDI procedures
- Removing and installing toothed belt – Audi · 56 torque figures
- Removing engine – Audi A8 D3 · 41 torque figures
- Removing camshaft timing chain from camshafts – Audi A6/A7 C7 · 38 torque figures
- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft timing chain · 29 torque figures
- Removing and installing fresh air and air recirculation flap control motor V154 or air recirculation flap control motor V113
- Renewing seal between output flange bevel box, vehicles as of model year 2010
- TT_3.2 BHE/BPF Ancillary drive belt
- Parking brake fail
- Connecting fault reader V.A.G 1551 and selecting functions
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