Renewing seal on right of gearbox, vehicles with all wheel drive — AUDI
Renewing seal on right of gearbox, vehicles with all wheel drive on Audi: 16 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 Transporter T6 (7E)
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- Screw a self-tapping screw, approx. 4 mm in diameter, into hole drilled in oil seal. Do not screw in sheet metal screw too far to avoid damaging bearing behind it.
- Carefully remove cloths. When doing this, make sure that no metal chips get into gearbox.
- Drive oil seal in to stop with thrust piece T50044. Do not cant oil seal in the process.
📋 Procedure
- Remove bevel box .
- Grease drill bit (3) so that metal chips adhere to it.
- Drill only through sheet metal ring (1) (about 3 mm) because gearbox may otherwise be damaged.
- Seal drive shaft aperture on transmission with a clean cloth (2).
- Carefully drill a hole with a drill bit (3) (diameter 2 to 4 mm) into outer sheet metal ring (1) of oil seal.
- Screw a self-tapping screw, approx. 4 mm in diameter, into hole drilled in oil seal. Do not screw in sheet metal screw too far to avoid damaging bearing behind it.
- Place drip tray for workshop hoistVAS 6208 under gearbox.
- Pull out oil seal using puller T10055 and adapter T10055/2.
- Carefully remove cloths. When doing this, make sure that no metal chips get into gearbox.
- Carefully clean gearbox and opening for drive shaft.
- Apply ATF to circumference and sealing lips of oil seal.
- Press oil seal in straight as far as possible by hand.
- Drive oil seal in to stop with thrust piece T50044. Do not cant oil seal in the process.
- Then check oil level and top up .
- Lubricate right stub shaft splines (arrow) with all-purpose greaseG 060 735 A2.
- Install right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Front suspension, drive shaft; Drive shafts.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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