Exploded view - dismantling and assembling centre differential housing — AUDI
Exploded view - dismantling and assembling centre differential housing 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
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Audi
Audi A4
2001
Audi A4 Cabriolet
2003
Power transmission
6-speed manual gearbox 02X, four-wheel drive
Edition
12.2010
Exploded view - dismantling and assembling centre differential housing
The centre differential housing can also be removed and installed with the gearbox installed in the vehicle
Chapter
.
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Thrust plate
VW 401
Thrust plate
VW 402
Press tool
VW 408 A
Press tool
VW 412
Press tool
VW 454
Press tool
VW 554
Punch
2005
Thrust piece
2050
Drift sleeve
30 - 100
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Thrust piece
T40105
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1331
Shim
016 311 391 A
Locking fluid
AMV 185 101 A1
Sealing grease
G 052 128 A1
Note
Due to the introduction of an oil seal with additional dust lip (from manufacture date 30 08 4 onwards)
Fig.
, the flange shaft
Fig.
was provided with a groove. Select correct components from
Electronic parts catalogue
.
Flange shaft
Without vibration damper
Modification: from manufacture date 30 08 4 onwards with groove
Fig.
Select correct components from
Electronic parts catalogue
Pressing out
Fig.
Pressing in
Fig.
Needle bearing
Pull out of flange shaft using
internal puller
Kukko 21/1
and
counter-support
Kukko 22/1
.
Press into flange shaft as far as it will go using
press tool
VW 408 A
.
Bolt
15 Nm + 90°
For vibration damper
3x
Apply
locking fluid
AMV 185 101 A1
when fitting
Vibration damper
Not fitted on all versions
Select correct part according to colour marking
arrow
or gearbox code
Electronic parts catalogue
Oil seal
Chapter
„
Renewing oil seal and ball bearing for flange shaft (rear) on gearbox
“
Levering out
Fig.
Preparing for installation (up to manufacture date 29 08 4)
Fig.
Driving in (up to manufacture date 29 08 4)
Fig.
Modification: from manufacture date 30 08 4 onwards with additional dust lip
Fig.
Driving in (from manufacture date 30 08 4 onwards)
Fig.
Select correct components from
Electronic parts catalogue
Centre differential housing
Removing and installing (gearbox removed)
Chapter
Removing and installing (gearbox installed)
Chapter
Oil collector
Insert in hole on gearbox cover
Circlip
For flange shaft
Installation position
Fig.
Circlip
For ball bearing and sleeve
Installation position
Fig.
Sleeve
Can be removed and installed by hand once the circlip has been removed
Item
Ball bearing
For flange shaft
Chapter
„
Renewing oil seal and ball bearing for flange shaft (rear) on gearbox
“
Pressing out
Fig.
Pressing in
Fig.
Flange shaft with vibration damper
Not fitted on all versions
Only renew as complete unit
Pressing out
Fig.
Pressing in
Fig.
TorqFix answers live for your specific car — tell it the engine code and it serves the matching sequence, torque figures and wiring for that exact variant.
Ask about my car →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 brackets for control motors V109 / V111, "“basic”" version
- Removing and installing front air outlet duct for drive battery A2
- Removing and installing brake caliper - steel version brakes (1LA / 1LJ)
- Removing and installing brake caliper (1LP) – Audi A6/A7 C7
- Removing and installing ATF filter housing – Audi A6/A7 C7
Who makes these pages, and how
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.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.