Servicing bearing plate - exploded view — AUDI
Servicing bearing plate - exploded view on Audi: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Servicing bearing plate - exploded view
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Press tool
VW 408 A
Guide pin
10-15
Press tool
30-504
1 -
Internal puller
Kukko 21/2
4 -
Counter-support
Kukko 22/1
Depth gauge
Exploded view
Bearing plate
If renewing, re-determine shim
„S4“
Outer race for tapered roller bearing for pinion shaft
Driving out
Fig.
Pressing in
Fig.
If renewing, re-determine shim
„S4“
Shim
„S4“
Table of adjustments
Anchor
Re-determining
Chapter
Roller bearing for input shaft
Pressing out and pressing in
Fig.
Measuring installation depth
Fig.
Ball sleeves
For selector rods
4x
Removing and installing
Fig.
Bolt, 35 Nm
For relay lever
Pin 7x28
Press in flush
Selector gear for reverse gear
Synchro-ring for reverse gear
With locking pins
Checking for wear
Fig.
Installation position: flat on circumference of synchro-ring faces towards input shaft
Anchor
Spring
Installation position: hook single angled end into recess on synchro-ring. Turn double angled end anti-clockwise and insert into opening on bearing plate.
Shaft for reverse selector gear
Retaining plate
Installation position: chamfers of holes for locking pins of synchro-ring face towards bearing plate
Anchor
Spring clip
Bolt, 25 Nm
Self-locking
Renew
Relay lever for reverse gear
Yoke for reverse gear
Pulling out ball sleeve
Fig.
Driving in ball sleeve
Fig.
Selector rod for 5th and 6th gear
Renew only complete with yoke
Item
Removing and installing ball sleeves for selector rods
Install ball sleeve with the inscribed side (thicker metal) facing the drift.
Dimension
a
= 2.5 mm.
Checking synchro-ring for wear
Press synchro-ring onto cone of selector gear.
Check gap
a
with a feeler gauge.
Dimension, new: 0.75 ... 2.3 mm.
Wear limit 0.2 mm.
Pulling ball sleeve out of yoke for reverse gear
A
Counter-support
Kukko 22/1
B
Internal puller 14.5 ... 18.5 mm
Kukko 21/2
Driving ball sleeve flush into yoke for reverse gear
Install ball sleeve with the inscribed side (thicker metal) facing the drift.
Pressing out and pressing in roller bearing for input shaft
Measuring installation depth
Fig.
Measuring installation depth of roller bearing for input shaft
Installation depth
a
= 7 mm.
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