Installing clutch end covers supplied without bush — AUDI
Installing clutch end covers supplied without bush on Audi: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
A replacement clutch end cover for the dual clutch gearbox on the platform codes listed below can arrive without a bush, and fitting it is all about keeping the sealing lip intact. Hold the cover only by its edge: the centre hole must not be touched, oiled or brought into contact with anything. Strip off any stickers inside, clean the clutch shaft end and the contact faces, then use assembly sleeve T10302 twice, first standing on the bench to bring the lip into position, then on the shaft end to guide the cover home horizontally and evenly. A new retaining ring follows, the gearbox goes back in, DSG oil is topped up and default settings are run with the diagnostic tester. Any knock on the cover means a leak.
🧭 Before you start
Clean the clutch shaft end and cover contact faces and remove stickers from the cover. Pass the cover over T10302 on a flat surface, then fit the sleeve to the shaft and press the cover evenly onto its seat. Fit a new retaining ring, install the gearbox, top up oil and run default settings.
Fits: VW Caddy III (2K, 2004–2015); platform code 2C0
Don't miss
- Never touch or oil the cover's centre hole.
- Guide the cover horizontally and evenly over the sleeve; a tilted cover damages the lip.
- No blows to the cover; any impact is certain to cause leaks.
- Use a new retaining ring and run default settings after installation.
Written for this job from the workshop steps below · TorqFix editorial.
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Do not grasp new cover in centre hole. The centre hole of the cover must not be touched, oiled or brought into contact with other materials. Leaks will result. — Only handle cover as shown in this picture.
- If necessary, clean end of clutch shaft (arrow).
- There must be no stickers on the inside of the cover. If any stickers are present, remove them carefully!
- ⚠ Make sure to clean the contact surfaces of the clutch end cover thoroughly to avoid leaks. — Set assembly sleeve T10302 on a flat surface.
- Guide cover horizontally and evenly over entire sleeve. This will bring the sealing lip into installation position.
- Remove assembly sleeve T10302 upwards out of cover and fit sleeve on end of clutch shaft.
- Guide cover horizontally over sleeve and press evenly onto its seat.
- ⚠ Work carefully. Any sort of blow to the cover is certain to cause leaks. — Install new retaining ring (arrow).
- Installing gearbox .
- Top up DSG transmission oil .
- After installation of gearbox, initiate default settings by means of Guided Functionsvehicle diagnostic tester.
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