Dismantling planetary gearbox - overview — AUDI
Dismantling planetary gearbox - overview on Audi: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
01N
Notes:
An exchange component containing all the selector elements and the valve body is available for repair work on the automatic gearbox 01N=>Page
00-13
.
The exchange component is assigned to the gearbox code letters => from Page
00-3
.
Fitting instructions=>from Page
37-97
(assembling planetary gearbox).
Order of removal: Item
2
,
19
,
18
,
23
,
8
,
7
,
6
,
5
,
22
,
21
,
20
,
4
,
3
,
1
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
.
Large sun gear
Pull up and out
Sealing plug
Take out before removing the free wheel => Removing valve body, Page
38-38
Large input shaft
Lift up and out
Small input shaft
To remove, unscrew bolt -Item
22
-
Pull up and out
Assembly
With 3rd and 4th gear clutch -K3- with turbine shaft
With 1st to 3rd gear clutch -K1-
On some gearboxes the clutches -K1- and -K3- may be pressed together
Pressing -K1- off -K3- => Page
37-96
With reverse gear clutch -K2-
With 2nd and 4th gear brake -B2-
With supporting tube for -B2-
Lift up and out together at the turbine shaft
Gasket
Take off
ATF pump
To remove, unscrew all the bolts -Item
8
-
To press off the pump, screw two M8 bolts evenly into the two threaded holes
Bolt
For ATF pump
Circlip
For supporting tube for -B2-
Lift out
Baffle block
Remove after lifting out circlip, -Item
9
-
Circlip
For free wheel
Lift out
Free wheel
With planet carrier
Before removing free wheel, remove valve body and sealing plug -Item
37-88
and remove gearbox speed sender -G38, -Item
18
-
The small sun gear can only be taken out of the planet carrier on gearboxes with code lettersDMU, DMV, DMX, EPT, EPU, EPV.
Reverse gear brake -B1-
Remove pressure plate together with plates and shim(s) from the top
Washer for axial needle bearing
Take off
Axial needle bearing
Take off
Washer for axial needle bearing
Take off
Gearbox housing with input gear
Input gear does not have to be removed when dismantling planetary gearbox
Removing and installing input gear => Page
39-17
Gearbox speed sender -G38
Take out before removing the free wheel
Screw
Shim for planet carrier
Take off after slackening the bolt -Item
22
-
Washer
Take off after slackening the bolt -Item
22
-
Bolt
For small input shaft
Unscrew to remove
Sealing cap
Knock out with chisel
Cannot be removed without being damaged
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