Renewing oil seal for drive flange (right-side) — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 8G

• Special tools named: puller
• Renewed: circlip

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• Insertion depth of oil seal in housing must be the same all round.

📋 Procedure

1. Only loosen nut for drive shaft/wheel hub and wheel bolts when vehicle is standing on its wheels.
2. Remove front right wheel.
3. Remove heat shield for drive shaft (right-side).
4. 6-cylinder engine: remove gearbox support (right-side) .
5. Remove drive shaft 40.

6. Pry out circlip.
7. Place container under the gearbox.
8. Use thrust piece3236 and puller, e.g. Kukko 18/1(A) to pull off drive flange.
9. Pull out flange shaft oil seal using oil seal extractor leverVW 681.
10. Lightly lubricate outer circumference of seal with gear oil.
11. Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1. [Note: Insertion depth of oil seal in housing must be the same all round.]
12. Drive in new oil seal onto stop (take care to keep oil seal straight).
13. Insert new O-ring in drive flange (arrow).
14. Pull in drive flange.
15. Fit new circlip.
16. With gearbox installed, check gear oil in final drive .

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