5-speed manual gearbox 02T — Adjusting differential — VW
5-speed manual gearbox 02T — Adjusting differential on VW: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
- Special tools named: dial gauge
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- Taper roller bearing inner and outer races are paired. Do not interchange!
📋 Procedure
- Install taper roller bearing outer race (gear wheel side) with shim S1 (always 1 mm thick) into gearbox housing. [Note: Taper roller bearing inner and outer races are paired. Do not interchange!]
- Install taper roller bearing outer race (opposite gear wheel side) without shim into clutch housing.
- Install differential into clutch housing.
- Install clutch housing in place and tighten 5 bolts to prescribed torque setting.
- Install measuring device and dial gauge (3 mm measuring range, dial gauge extension (A) approx. 30 mm).
- Preload dial gauge to 1 mm and set to zero.
- Move differential up and down and record play indicated on dial gauge. Example: 1.50 mm.
- Remove clutch housing and press out taper roller bearing outer race (A).
- Install shim S2 in the thickness specified (e.g. 1.75 mm) and install taper roller bearing outer race into of clutch housing.
- Install clutch housing in position and tighten bolts to prescribed torque setting.
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Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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