Renewing oil seal for rear splined shaft, bevel box removed — AUDI
Renewing oil seal for rear splined shaft, bevel box removed on Audi: 12 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 A1 (8X, 2010–2018)
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- Items (1 … 3) can be disregarded.
- To avoid damaging the bearing behind, do not screw in the self-tapping screw too far.If the oil seal is fitted very tightly, screw in a second self-tapping screw (top arrow) opposite the first and pull out the oil seal.
- To prevent the sealing lip of the new oil seal from being damaged during installation, carefully guide the oil seal over the chamfered surface of the rear splined shaft while turning the oil seal.
📋 Procedure
- Locate bevel box on hole marked (4)(arrow) in gearbox support T10108.
- Then align the bevel box with the three remaining holes and secure.
- Pry heat shield (4) for oil seal off bevel box. [Note: Items (1 … 3) can be disregarded.]
- In order to screw self-tapping screw (arrow) into oil seal, first pierce a hole in oil seal e.g. using a punch.
- Screw in self-tapping screw (4 mm diameter) (bottom arrow).
- Pull out oil seal. [Note: To avoid damaging the bearing behind, do not screw in the self-tapping screw too far.If the oil seal is fitted very tightly, screw in a second self-tapping screw (top arrow) opposite the first and pull out the oil seal.]
- Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip (arrow) half full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.
- Push new oil seal onto seat in bevel box. [Note: To prevent the sealing lip of the new oil seal from being damaged during installation, carefully guide the oil seal over the chamfered surface of the rear splined shaft while turning the oil seal.]
- Apply installing tool2003/1 with smooth side towards oil seal.
- Drive in oil seal until flush using thrust piece T10143 and installing tool2003/1. Take care to keep oil seal straight when installing.
- Drive heat shield (4) for oil seal at bevel box onto stop using thrust piece T10143.
- Attach bevel box to gearbox .
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