Removing and installing output shaft: Audi A3
Step-by-step removing and installing output shaft for the Audi A3: 10 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: Audi A3 (8L, 1996–2003)
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- Sealing lip and spring of seal must not be damaged.
📋 Procedure
- Position thrust piece3002 onto flange of output gear.
- Secure bearing cover in vice using soft jaws (A).
- Knock tapered roller bearing outer race slightly out of bearing cover by carefully tapping on alternate sides.
- Pull tapered roller bearing outer race out of bearing cover.
- Check bearing cover for damage.
- Remove securing bolt .
- Tighten bearing support ring. Apply sealing compoundAKD 456 000 02 to securing bolt before fitting and tighten bolt.
- Carefully install oil seal. [Note: Sealing lip and spring of seal must not be damaged.]
- Drive in seal onto stop.
- Insert output shaft with tapered roller bearing inner race, then drive in outer race.
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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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