Four-wheel drive - renewing flange shaft oil seal (right-side) with gearbox removed — AUDI
Four-wheel drive - renewing flange shaft oil seal (right-side) with gearbox removed on Audi: 12 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A3 (8V, 2012–2020), Audi Q3 (8U, 2011–2018); platform codes 84, FV
- Opens: gearbox oil
- Special tools named: torque wrench, puller
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- Using socket and extended bit T10107 A and torque wrench (1), remove bolt securing flange shaft (right-side). To do so, screw two bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with tyre iron or other suitable lever.
📋 Procedure
- Place drip tray underneath.
- Using socket and extended bit T10107 A and torque wrench (1), remove bolt securing flange shaft (right-side). To do so, screw two bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with tyre iron or other suitable lever.
- Attach puller T10037 to flange shaft (right-side).
- Use knurled nut T10037/1 and spindle to align puller(A) parallel with flange.
- Pull out flange shaft (right-side).
- Pry out flange shaft oil seal using a suitable lever.
- Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal.
- Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip (arrow) half full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.
- Drive seal in onto stop using thrust piece T10049.
- Carefully drive in flange shaft (while turning).
- Secure flange shaft with countersunk bolt; tightening torque .
- Check gear oil level in bevel box 6-speed manual gearbox39Gear oil; Checking gear oil level.
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- Installing engine – Audi A8 D4 · 36 torque figures
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- Adjusting rear lid - Saloon – Audi A4 B8 · 1 torque figures
- Removing and installing backrest cover and padding - rear seat backrest with cover for rear seat backrest bracket / storage compartment
- Removing and installing front exhaust pipe - A4 (all), A5 from vehicle identification no. 8T-8-009 999 onwards
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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.
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