Removing and installing flange shaft (left-side) - vehicles with 2.0 ltr. TDI engine — AUDI
Removing and installing flange shaft (left-side) - vehicles with 2.0 ltr. TDI engine 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 TT Mk2 (8J, 2006–2014)
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking pin
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- Mark installation position of nuts (arrows) on left side.
- Risk of accident if parts of support are not properly secured.Secure locking pin and wishbone with retaining clip (arrow) and nut (1). — Unscrew nut (arrow) for coupling rod on anti-roll bar (left-side).
- Remove bolt securing flange shaft (left-side). To do so, screw two bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with suitable lever.
📋 Procedure
- Unbolt drive shaft (left-side) from flange shaft of gearbox Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Mark installation position of nuts (arrows) on left side.
- Remove nuts for swivel joint (left-side) Running gear, axles, steering40Lower wishbone, swivel joint; Removing and installing swivel joint.
- If fitted, unscrew nut on bracket for front left vehicle level sender G78.
- Disengage swivel joint from wishbone.
- Swivel suspension strut (left-side) outwards and support with extension 2024 A /1 as shown in illustration.
- ⚠ Risk of accident if parts of support are not properly secured.Secure locking pin and wishbone with retaining clip (arrow) and nut (1). — Unscrew nut (arrow) for coupling rod on anti-roll bar (left-side).
- Swivel drive shaft (left-side) towards front.
- Remove bolt securing flange shaft (left-side). To do so, screw two bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with suitable lever.
- Pull out flange shaft and spring.
- Push flange shaft in against spring pressure and secure with bolt.
- Install drive shaft (left-side) Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
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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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