Removing and installing middle/rear propshaft — AUDI
Removing and installing middle/rear propshaft on Audi: 14 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: VW Transporter T5 (7H), VW Transporter T5 (7J), VW Transporter T6 (7E), VW Transporter T6 (7F)
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- Ensure that marks on propshaft constant velocity joint (arrow A) and on rear final drive flange (arrow B) align.
- If no markings can be found, mark position of constant velocity joint (arrow A) relative to rear final drive flange (arrow B) using coloured marks.
- Rear propshaft must not be allowed to hang. Over-flexing will damage the joint. — Remove bolts (arrows) from front intermediate bearing.
- Remove propshaft, keeping it extended. Do not allow joint to bend to stop.
📋 Procedure
- Ensure that marks on propshaft constant velocity joint (arrow A) and on rear final drive flange (arrow B) align.
- If no markings can be found, mark position of constant velocity joint (arrow A) relative to rear final drive flange (arrow B) using coloured marks.
- Remove front propshaft . Unscrew rear propshaft/rear final drive securing bolts at same time.
- ⚠ Rear propshaft must not be allowed to hang. Over-flexing will damage the joint. — Remove bolts (arrows) from front intermediate bearing.
- Unscrew both bolts (arrows) from rear intermediate bearing.
- Remove propshaft, keeping it extended. Do not allow joint to bend to stop.
- Ensure that marks on propshaft constant velocity joint (arrow A) and on rear final drive flange (arrow B) align.
- Fit and hand-tighten new bolts (arrows) for rear intermediate bearing.
- Fit and hand-tighten new bolts (arrows) for front intermediate bearing.
- Align intermediate bearing free of tension.
- Tighten bolts of rear bearing.
- Tighten bolts of front bearing.
- Install front propshaft . Tighten rear propshaft/rear final drive securing bolts at same time.
- Repair possible paint damage as follows: remove residual grease or oil with nitro thinner. Apply 2-K acrylic paint with hardenerElectronic Parts Catalogue.
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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.
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