Renewing large seal of stub shaft between manual gearbox and bevel box on bevel box, vehicles up to model year 2010 — AUDI
Renewing large seal of stub shaft between manual gearbox and bevel box on bevel box, vehicles up to model year 2010 on Audi: 15 steps.
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)
- Opens: gearbox oil
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- When inserting stub shaft, be sure to guide it in straight to avoid damage to seal for sealing bevel box stub shaft to gearbox.
📋 Procedure
- Remove bevel box .
- Drain gear oil from bevel box.
- Secure bevel box to gearbox supportVW 353.
- Pull shrink tube or thin insulation tube over inner splines of stub shaft (facing gearbox).
- Withdraw right stub shaft from bevel box.
- Turn bevel box in assembly bracket with bolting surface for gearbox upwards.
- Lever out seal with lever T20143/2.
- Lightly oil new oil seal on outer diameter. Fill space between sealing lips (arrow) half full with sealing greaseElectronic Parts Catalogue.
- Drive in new seal to stop with thrust piece T10143, being careful not to cant seal.
- Turn bevel box in assembly bracket with bolting surface for right drive shaft upwards.
- Insert right stub shaft. [Note: When inserting stub shaft, be sure to guide it in straight to avoid damage to seal for sealing bevel box stub shaft to gearbox.]
- Remove shrink tube or insulation tube.
- Install bevel box .
- Check gear oil in gearbox .
- Check gear oil in bevel box .
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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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