Servicing intermediate drive for front final drive — AUDI
Servicing intermediate drive for front final drive 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.
Notes:
General repair instructions => Page
00-11
.
Ratios => from Page
00-2
.
Do not pull off bearing inner races and bearing cages that have been pressed onto the spur gears. Do not pull out bearing outer races that have been pressed into the housing.
Do not interchange the position of spur gears, their bearings and shims, as the bearings and shims are set to one another and are run in.
The spur gears, bearings, intermediate flange or housing of the front intermediate drive cannot be renewed individually, as this changes the bearing preload of the spur gears. If one of these components is damaged, the entire front intermediate drive must be renewed.
If the front intermediate drive is renewed, the axial clearance for the Torsen differential must be checked and if necessary adjusted
=> Page
39-105
.
Automatic gearbox
Needle roller bearing
Split
Gasket
Renewing => from Page
39-46
Bolt - 10 Nm
Qty. 3
For securing intermediate flange -Item
6
- to housing for intermediate drive -Item
14
-
Fitted pin
Qty. 2
For locating -Item
1
-, -Item
14
- and -Item
6
- together
Intermediate flange
Do not renew individually
Removing and installing
=>Page
39-62
Gasket
Renewing => Page
39-62
Shim
Rear bearing race for bearing preload
Is determined by measurement and cannot be exchanged for another shim at will
Taper roller bearing
Do not change allocation
Output gear
For front intermediate drive
Do not renew individually
Removing and installing
=>Page
39-62
Taper roller bearing
Do not change allocation
Intermediate gear
For front intermediate drive
Do not renew individually
Removing and installing
=>Page
39-62
Cylinder roller bearing
Do not change allocation
Housing for intermediate drive
Do not renew individually
Removing and installing
=>Page
39-62
Breather
For transfer gearbox (gear oil side)
To renew, pull off upwards and heat gearbox housing quickly with hot air blower if necessary
Cap
For breather -Item
15
-
Cap
For breather -Item
27
-
Circlip
For breather -Item
27
-
Breather
For ATF side
New steel version with cap
Renewing => Page
39-66
Circlip
For breather -Item
19
-
Bolt - 23 Nm
Qty. 6
For securing transfer gearbox to intermediate drive
Seal
For ATF side
Renewing => Page
39-68
Seal
For gear oil side
Renewing => Page
39-68
Baffle plate
Only remove for cleaning, pull out evenly at circumference
Bolt - 23 Nm
Qty. 7
For securing transfer gearbox to front of gearbox housing
O-ring
Renew
Breather
For ATF side
Older version with plastic cap
Renewing => Page
39-66
Taper roller bearing
Do not change allocation
Drive gear
For front intermediate drive
Do not renew individually
Removing and installing
=>Page
39-46
Taper roller bearing
Do not change allocation
Shim
Behind bearing race
For bearing preload
Is determined by measurement and cannot be exchanged for another shim at will
Cylinder roller bearing
Do not change allocation
Transfer gearbox
Removing and installing
=>Page
39-90
Servicing =>Page
39-76
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