Removing and installing intermediate drive — AUDI

The following special tools and testing devices are required:

Drip tray V.A.G 1306

Unscrew front cross piece -arrow 1- beneath exhaust system.

Vehicles with 5-cylinder TDI engine:

Removing front exhaust pipe with catalytic converter

Vehicles with 6-cylinder engine:

Removing front left and right exhaust pipe with catalytic converter and intermediate pipe

=> 6-cyl. Fuel injection engine (2 valve), Mechanical Components; Repair Group 26; Removing and installing exhaust system components
6-cyl. Fuel injection engine (2 valve), Mechanical Components
Removing and installing exhaust system components

=> 6-cyl. Engine (5 valve), Mechanical Components; Repair Group 26; Removing and installing exhaust system parts
6-cyl. Engine (5 valve), Mechanical Components
Removing and installing exhaust system parts

Unscrew heat shield -arrow 2-.

Secure bushing, dished washers and parking lock gear (attached to differential pinion shaft) to stop them falling out.
Place drip tray V.A.G 1306 underneath.
Unscrew bolts -arrows-.
Pull off intermediate drive towards rear of vehicle.

Installing

Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

Check sealing surfaces of housing for damage.
Coat new gaskets thinly with Vaseline, place on sealing surface of housing and secure.

Before installing intermediate drive, check that dowel pins -1- in intermediate flange are properly seated. Dowel pins locate intermediate flange in relation to automatic gearbox housing and intermediate drive housing.
If sleeve, dished springs and parking lock wheel have inadvertently been pulled off drive pinion shaft:
Fit parking lock wheel with shoulder facing drive pinion.
Insert two dished springs in each case so that their outer circumferences touch each other.
Insert sleeve with shoulder towards drive pinion.

Fit intermediate drive onto input shaft and drive pinion shaft.

Notes:

Take care not to damage the splines on the input shaft and drive pinion shaft when installing the intermediate drive. If necessary, turn the shafts carefully.
Intermediate drive can only be pushed on by hand as far as roughly 3 mm from housing of automatic gearbox. The dished springs on the drive pinion shaft are compressed when the components are brought closer together. Tighten the bolts uniformly to close the gap gradually, and then tighten to final torque in diagonal sequence.

Adjust selector lever cable => Page
37-15
.
Fill up with ATF and check ATF level => Page
37-57
.

Tightening torques

Component · Nm
Intermediate drive to automatic gearbox housing · / M8 · / 23
Cross member to body · M8 · 23