5-speed manual gearbox 02T — Dismantling and assembling differential — AUDI
5-speed manual gearbox 02T — Dismantling and assembling differential on Audi: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A2 (8Z)
- Special tools named: puller
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- Fit shim S1, always 1 mm thick, under outer race.
- The procedure for pulling tapered roller bearing inner races off differential cage is the same for both bearings.
📋 Procedure
- Fit shim S1, always 1 mm thick, under outer race.
- Support gearbox housing with tube 3259 directly below bearing mounting.
- Before fitting puller, position spacer sleeve VW 472/2 and thrust piece3002 on differential cage. [Note: The procedure for pulling tapered roller bearing inner races off differential cage is the same for both bearings.]
- Support opposite side of inner race using VW 455.
- Support clutch housing with tube for wheel bearing3345 directly below bearing mounting.
- Drive the remaining part of the spring pin out of the differential cage.
- Lubricate one-piece thrust washer with gear oil and install.
- Position one-piece thrust washer so that it engages in the slot (B) in the differential cage.
- Lubricate one-piece thrust washer with gear oil and install.
- Install both sun wheels and secure (e.g. with flange shaft).
- Insert planet pinions (180° apart) and pivot into position.
- Push differential pinion pin (arrow A) in as far as first planet pinion.
- Fit threaded pieces (arrows B) in sun wheels. Installation position: Stepped shoulder towards sun wheel
- Drive differential pinion pin into final position and secure with spring pin.
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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