Servicing drive shaft (with 100 mm dia. inner constant velocity joint) — AUDI
Servicing drive shaft (with 100 mm dia. inner constant velocity joint) 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: Audi A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E)
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- Support ball hub with thrust plate VW 402.
- Chamfer on internal diameter of ball hub (splines) must face drive shaft.
📋 Procedure
- Clamp drive shaft in vice using protective jaw covers.
- Loosen hose clip and push back boot.
- Drive constant velocity joint off drive shaft using a drift (A).
- Grease splines (A) on drive shaft lightly with grease used in joint before fitting joint body onto drive shaft.
- Fit circlip in groove on shaft.
- Slide on constant velocity joint as far as circlip.
- Align circlip so that opening faces upwards (arrows).
- Knock joint onto shaft with plastic hammer until circlip engages.
- Release circlip.
- Drive off boot with drift. [Note: Support ball hub with thrust plate VW 402.]
- Grease splines (A) on drive shaft lightly with grease used in joint before fitting joint or triple roller spider onto drive shaft.
- Press on joint as far as stop.
- Engage circlip. [Note: Chamfer on internal diameter of ball hub (splines) must face drive shaft.]
- Apply sealant on clean surface of cover and cap (hatched area). Route continuous bead of sealant (2 ... 3 mm ∅) around inside of holes (arrow).
- Align cover and cap with bolt holes and drive or press onto joint.
- Remove surplus sealant immediately as it is pressed out.
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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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