Pulling rear wheel bearing out and in with assembly tool3253 — AUDI
Pulling rear wheel bearing out and in with assembly tool3253 on Audi: 15 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 code 7DA
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📋 Procedure
- Loosen hexagon bolt for drive shaft when vehicle is standing on its wheels (otherwise danger of accident).
- Remove wheel and raise vehicle.
- Remove bolt securing wheel bearing.
- Remove drive shaft .
- Remove ABS speed sensor from wheel bearing housing.
- Remove handbrake cable from brake caliper.
- Remove brake caliper and tie to body with wire.
- Remove brake disc and cover plate.
- Pull wheel hub out of wishbone.
- Remove circlip.
- Pull wheel bearing out of wishbone.
- Pull bearing inner race off wheel hub.
- Pull wheel bearing into wishbone to stop.
- Install circlip.
- Pull wheel hub in to stop.
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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.
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Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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