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Removing and installing outer tapered roller bearing, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive — AUDI

Removing and installing outer tapered roller bearing, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive on Audi: 11 steps.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

11 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes 2EA, 2ED, 2EH, 2EX, 2EB, 2EE, 2EK, 2FC, 2FF, 2FL, 2FZ, 2FG, 2FM

  • Renewed: if necessary, inner tapered roller bearing

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  • When placing parts down or when fitting them, ensure that there is no dirt on the parts. — Clean wheel hub, check it for damage and renew if necessary.
  • The force for pressing in the tapered roller bearing must only be applied on inner race! — Apply sufficient universal greaseElectronic Parts Catalogue (ETKA) on tapered roller bearing.
  • Renew inner tapered roller bearing if necessary .

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove wheel hub .
  2. Pull tapered roller bearing (1) off wheel hub (2) using splitterKUKKO 18-2, splitterKUKKO 17-2 and press toolVW 412.
  3. Lever out seal using extractor hook T20143/2.
  4. Drive tapered roller bearing outer race (1) out of wheel bearing housing (2) using drift3138.
  5. Remove any dirt in wheel bearing housing.
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  1. ⚠ When placing parts down or when fitting them, ensure that there is no dirt on the parts. — Clean wheel hub, check it for damage and renew if necessary.
  2. Place tapered roller bearing (2) onto wheel hub (3).
  3. Drive tapered roller bearing (2) into wheel hub (3) to stop (arrow) using thrust piece T50018(1).
  4. ⚠ The force for pressing in the tapered roller bearing must only be applied on inner race! — Apply sufficient universal greaseElectronic Parts Catalogue on tapered roller bearing.
  5. Drive tapered roller bearing outer race (1) into wheel bearing housing (2) using a commercially available plastic head hammer and a commercially available copper drift.
  6. Drive radial shaft seal (1) flush into wheel bearing housing (2) using a commercially available plastic head hammer and thrust piece T50018. [Note: Renew inner tapered roller bearing if necessary .]

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.