Checking inner constant velocity joint: Audi A1
Step-by-step checking inner constant velocity joint for the Audi A1: 11 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 A1 (8X, 2010–2018)
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- Ball hub and joint body are paired. Do not interchange.
- Insert hub with cage and balls perpendicularly into joint body; one of the narrower spacings (b) must face the open side of the joint body.
- Note that the chamfer on the internal diameter of the ball hub must be visible after the hub has been swivelled into position.
- Swivel ball hub into joint body; at the same time hub must be partly swivelled out of cage (arrows) as shown in illustration.
📋 Procedure
- Swivel ball hub and ball cage.
- Push out joint body in direction of arrow.
- Push balls out of cage. [Note: Ball hub and joint body are paired. Do not interchange.]
- Align ball hub with cage as shown (arrows) and pivot hub out of cage.
- Check joint, ball hub, ball cage and balls for pitting and signs of seizure.
- Insert hub into cage via the two chamfers. No specific installation position is required. Push balls into cage.
- Insert hub with cage and balls perpendicularly into joint body; one of the narrower spacings (b) must face the open side of the joint body.
- Note that the chamfer on the internal diameter of the ball hub must be visible after the hub has been swivelled into position.
- Swivel ball hub into joint body; at the same time hub must be partly swivelled out of cage (arrows) as shown in illustration.
- Swivel in the hub with balls by applying firm pressure on the cage (arrow).
- Check function of constant velocity joint.
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