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Exploded view - servicing gearbox cover — AUDI

Exploded view - servicing gearbox cover on Audi: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.

factory workshop text

📋 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 - servicing gearbox cover
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Thrust plate
VW 401
Thrust plate
VW 402
Press tool
VW 408 A
Press tool
VW 412
Thrust pad
VW 512
Tube
VW 519
Support plate
VW 801
Guide pin
10 - 15
Thrust ring
2006 A
Tube
2010
Tube
2040
Centring mandrel
3176
1
Internal puller
Kukko 21/2
1
Internal puller
Kukko 21/5
4
Counter-support
Kukko 22/2
Gearbox cover
Fit sealing plug on new gearbox cover
Item
Drive in new sealing plug until flush
Fig.
Dowel sleeve
2x
For centralising gearbox cover on bearing housing
Drive out and in with
drift
3121
Needle bearing
Bearing for hollow shaft in gearbox cover
Pressing out
Fig.
Pressing in
Fig.
Roller bearing
Bearing for input shaft in gearbox cover
With oil guide
Always renew
Pulling out
Fig.
Pressing in
Fig.
Ball sleeve
For selector rod for 1st and 2nd gear
Pulling out
Fig.
Driving in
Fig.
Ball sleeve
For selector rod for 5th and 6th gear
Pulling out
Fig.
Driving in
Fig.
Multi-point socket head bolt
24 Nm
Retaining plate
Secures needle bearing
Item
and needle roller bearing
Item
in gearbox cover
Installation position
Fig.
Sealing plug
Drive in flush
Fig.
O-ring
Always renew
Pressing needle bearing out of gearbox cover
Pressing needle bearing into gearbox cover
Support gearbox cover with
tube
2010
directly below bearing mounting.
Pulling out ball sleeve
C
from gearbox cover
A
Counter-support
, e.g.
Kukko 22/2
B
Internal puller 14.5 ... 18.5 mm
, e.g.
Kukko 21/2
Driving ball sleeve into gearbox cover until flush
Fit ball sleeve
1
and
2
so that side with lettering (thicker metal) faces
guide pin
10 - 15
or
centring mandrel
3176
.
Note
Due to the housing depth use
centring mandrel
3176
for driving in ball sleeve
2
.
Pulling out roller bearing from gearbox cover
Shorten (cut off) oil guide in roller bearing in order to insert
internal puller
B
.
A
Counter-support
, e.g.
Kukko 22/2
B
Internal puller 30 ... 37 mm
, e.g.
Kukko 21/5
Note
Always renew roller bearing after pulling out.
Carefully press in new roller bearing into gearbox cover until limit stop.
Support gearbox cover below bearing seat using
thrust ring
2006 A
.
Securing roller bearing and needle bearing in gearbox cover.
Insert retaining plate
2
with the high shoulder
arrow
facing needle bearing
1
into gearbox cover.
Tighten hexagon socket head bolt
3
to 24 Nm.
Drive in plug until flush
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Caution
Depending on the version, a new gearbox cover can be supplied with or without the sealing plug
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.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.