Renewing right oil seal, front wheel drive — AUDI
Renewing right oil seal, front wheel drive on Audi: 20 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: VW Caddy IV (SA, 2015–2020)
- Opens: gearbox oil
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- Screw 2 bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with a lever to ease removal and installation.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front right wheel.
- If fitted, remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- If present, remove heat shield above right drive shaft (arrows).
- Remove right drive shaft from flange shaft (A) of gearbox Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Secure right drive shaft to suspension strut with tensioning strap T10038. [Note: With some engines, the drive shaft cannot be raised and secured high enough that the flange shaft can be pulled out.In this case, remove the drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.]
- Place drip tray or used oil collection and extraction unitV.A.G 1782 underneath.
- Remove right flange shaft of gearbox using socket T10107 A.
- Screw 2 bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with a lever to ease removal and installation.
- Pull out flange shaft with compression spring.
- Pry seal out using assembly lever.
- Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal.
- Drive in new seal to stop, being careful not to cant seal.
- Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip (arrow) with sealing greaseElectronic Parts Catalogue.
- Press flange shaft against gearbox and secure.
- Screw in new countersunk bolt for flange shaft, and tighten it .
- Install right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- If removed, install heat shield above right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft heat shield.
- Install right wheel Running gear, axles, steering44Wheels, tyres; Specified torque for wheel bolts.
- Check gear oil level .
- If present, install noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
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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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