4-speed automatic gearbox 099, four-wheel drive — Removing and installing propshaft — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra (7M)

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• Mark position of front and rear propshaft between output flange oil seal and flexible coupling flange of rear viscous coupling (arrows) (illustration shows connection of both propshaft tubes).
• Do not tighten centre bearing bolts to body until after propshaft has been installed.

📋 Procedure

1. Release parking brake, move selector lever to "“N”" position.
2. Mark position of front and rear propshaft between output flange oil seal and flexible coupling flange of rear viscous coupling (arrows) (illustration shows connection of both propshaft tubes).
3. Unbolt front propshaft from bevel box.
4. Remove front/rear propshaft tube connecting bolts.
5. Rotate propshaft until notch in flange is downwards.

6. Remove one securing bolt from centre bearing and loosen second bolt (arrows) in order to remove front propshaft tube.
7. Unscrew propshaft from viscous coupling.
8. Remove front/rear propshaft tube connecting bolts.
9. Remove centre bearing securing bolts and remove rear propshaft tube.
10. When bolting propshaft tubes together, line up spots of paint, dot to dot.
11. If flanges of propshaft tubes are to be removed, first transfer spots of paint to tube.
12. Align centre bearing in its elongated holes so that propshaft is under stress.
13. Do not tighten centre bearing bolts to body until after propshaft has been installed.

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