Servicing 6-speed manual gearbox 0A3, four-wheel drive — Removing and installing differential — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E), Audi A6 C6 (4F, 2004–2011)

📋 Procedure

1. Remove flange shaft (left-side); to do so, secure puller T10037 to cover for final drive (arrow).
2. Remove flange shaft (right-side); to do so, secure puller T10037 to gearbox housing (arrow).
3. Clamp flange shaft in vice, using jaw protectors. Use new circlip (A) to press old circlip out of groove in flange shaft.
4. Lever out flange shaft oil seal using an assembly lever.
5. Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal.

6. Drive in new flange shaft oil seal using thrust piece T10387 until thrust piece reaches stop; keep seal straight when installing. [Note: Driving-in depth (standard): 5.5 mm beneath surface of coverWhen carrying out a repair, the oil seal is driven in to a depth of 6.5 mm using thrust piece T10387, so that the new seal does not bear on the same contact surface on the used flange shaft.]
7. Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.
8. Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal.
9. Drive in new flange shaft oil seal using thrust piece T10387 until thrust piece reaches stop; keep seal straight when installing. [Note: Driving-in depth (standard): 5.5 mm beneath surface of housingWhen carrying out a repair, the oil seal is driven in to a depth of 6.5 mm using thrust piece T10387, so that the new seal does not bear on the same contact surface on the used flange shaft.]
10. Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.

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