Installing gearbox, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive — AUDI
Installing gearbox, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive on Audi: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM
- Opens: brake fluid, clutch fluid
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- If dowel sleeves are not fitted, difficulties shifting gears, clutch problems and possible noises from the gearbox (rattling of gears which are not engaged) could occur.
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Please observe the following points during all installation work, in particular in the engine compartment, due to the space limitations:Route all kinds of lines (e.g. for fuel, hydraulics, activated charcoal system, coolant and refrigerant, brake fluid, vacuum) and electrical cables so that the original line routing is re-established.To avoid damaging lines, make sure there is sufficient clearance from all moving or hot components. — Check release bearing for wear. If necessary, renew clutch slave cylinder with release bearing .
- Dowel sleeves for aligning engine and gearbox must be in cylinder block, install if necessary . [Note: If dowel sleeves are not fitted, difficulties shifting gears, clutch problems and possible noises from the gearbox (rattling of gears which are not engaged) could occur.]
- Bleed clutch mechanism .
- Fit selector cables on gearbox .
- Adjust selector mechanism .
- If present, install tachograph sender G75Electrical system90.
- Check oil level, top up gear oil if necessary .
- Installing gearbox carrier .
- Install transfer box 34Transfer box, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive.
- If present, install any noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Removing and installing noise insulation.
- Connect battery Electrical system27Battery; Disconnecting and connecting battery.
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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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