Aligning propshaft, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive — AUDI
Aligning propshaft, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive on Audi: 15 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Checking and correcting propshaft alignment on the Crafter 4MOTION with the Achleitner four-wheel-drive conversion, covering the chassis codes listed below. Nothing major comes off: a protractor is set on the propshaft and then on the transfer box flange, and the two readings are compared. If the tilt angle is above 1°, the centre bearing is shimmed one bolt at a time with spacers and rechecked, then slid sideways until a steel square shows the shaft running at 90°. The result depends on clean measuring points: keep the protractor off the balancing weights, and take the square reading at the rear universal joint as specified. Expect to repeat the check with a different spacer before it is right.
🧭 Before you start
Read the angle with the protractor on the propshaft, then on the transfer box flange. If the difference exceeds 1°, loosen the centre bearing bolts, fit spacers one bolt at a time, tighten and measure again, changing spacers as needed. Finally loosen the bolts, set a steel square on the shaft at the rear joint, slide the centre bearing until the shaft is at 90° and tighten the bolts.
Fits: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM
Don't miss
- Do not rest the protractor on the propshaft balancing weights; the reading will be wrong.
- Correction is needed only when the tilt angle exceeds 1°.
- Swap one bolt and spacer at a time so the centre bearing never hangs loose.
- Take the steel-square measurement at the rear universal joint of the propshaft.
- Recheck alignment after every spacer change before final tightening.
Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.
📋 Procedure
- Fit protractor3021 onto propshaft. [Note: The protractor3021 must not be placed on the balancing weights of the propshaft.]
- Align vial and read off scale value.
- Fit protractor3021 on flange of transfer box.
- Align vial and read off scale value again.
- If the tilt angle is higher than 1°, the propshaft must be adjusted.
- Loosen bolts (arrows) from centre bearing (1).
- Unscrew one bolt (arrows) and insert spacer.
- Start bolt.
- Unscrew second bolt and insert spacer.
- Tighten bolts.
- Check alignment of propshaft again and install a different spacer if necessary.
- Loosen bolts (arrows).
- Fit steel square (1) on propshaft. [Note: The measurement must be performed at the rear part of the propshaft universal joint.]
- Move centre bearing in (direction of arrows) so that propshaft is aligned at right angles (90°).
- Tighten bolts (1).
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