Removing and installing pinion shaft — AUDI
Removing and installing pinion shaft on Audi: 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: platform code 70A
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- Insert oil seal carefully. Sealing lip and spring must not be damaged.
📋 Procedure
- Place pressure piece3002 onto collar of output gear.
- Working at alternate sides, drive taper roller bearing outer race slightly off bearing cap.
- Inspect bearing cap for damage.
- Press taper roller bearing outer race into bearing cap up to stop.
- Tighten bearing supporting ring and secure with locking screw. Insert bolt with sealing compoundAKD 456 000 01.
- Insert oil seal with sealing lip pointing towards special tool.
- Insert oil seal carefully. Sealing lip and spring must not be damaged.
- Drive in oil seal onto stop.
- Insert pinion shaft with taper roller bearing inner race, then drive in outer race.
- Place the stepped side (arrow) outwards and press the needle bearing in up to the stop.
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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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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