Removing and installing input shaft ball bearing and multi-function sender — AUDI
Removing and installing input shaft ball bearing and multi-function sender on Audi: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Removing and installing input shaft ball bearing and multi-function sender
Chapter
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Assembly sequence - dismantling and assembling gearbox
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Gearbox housing
Housing manufactured from aluminium or magnesium
Item
With differential and flange shafts
Removing and installing flange shafts
Chapter
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Renewing flange shaft oil seals (left and right)
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Removing and installing differential
Chapter
Removing and installing speedometer sender and drive wheel
Chapter
Installation position of breather
Fig.
Breather made of different materials for aluminium and magnesium gearboxes
For correct version, refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Torx socket head bolt
Self-locking
Always renew
Black: only for aluminium gearboxes
Bright metal: for aluminium and magnesium gearboxes
For correct version, refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Tighten to 35 Nm on aluminium gearboxes
Tighten to 25 Nm on magnesium gearboxes
Guide sleeve
With O-ring and oil seal for input shaft
Chapter
Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with
sealing grease
G 052 128 A1
Installation position: Oil drain hole points downwards
Guide sleeve is made of different materials for aluminium and magnesium gearboxes
For correct version, refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Dished spring
Smaller diameter (convex side) faces guide sleeve
Circlip
Determining thickness
Chapter
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Adjusting input shaft
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Ball bearing
Removing and installing
Chapter
Circlip
Determining thickness
Chapter
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Adjusting input shaft
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Input shaft
Removing and installing
Chapter
Dismantling and assembling
Chapter
Adjusting
Chapter
Servicing input shaft bearings
Chapter
Bolt
Black: only for aluminium gearboxes
Bright metal: for aluminium and magnesium gearboxes
For correct version, refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Tighten to 25 Nm on aluminium gearboxes
Tighten to 15 Nm on magnesium gearboxes
Locking plate
For multi-function sender
Locking plate made of different material for aluminium and magnesium gearboxes
For correct version, refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Multi-function sender
Connector for multi-function sender
Bolt
10 Nm
Black: only for aluminium gearboxes
Bright metal: for aluminium and magnesium gearboxes
For correct version, refer to
Electronic parts catalogue
Selector shaft cover
Removing and installing
Chapter
Locking unit for 5th gear and reverse gear
Removing and installing
Installation position of breather
After pressing in, the breather must project 21 mm out of the housing.
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