6-speed manual gearbox 0A2 — Dismantling and assembling differential — VW
6-speed manual gearbox 0A2 — Dismantling and assembling differential on VW: 13 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
Fits: VW Passat B5 (3B)
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- Pulling off left and right inner races of tapered roller bearings of differential is identical.
📋 Procedure
- After removing, check shims for damage.
- Before fitting extractor, position thrust plate40 - 105 on differential cage. [Note: Pulling off left and right inner races of tapered roller bearings of differential is identical.] [Note: The left and right tapered roller bearing inner races are pressed on with the same press tools.]
- ⚠ Wear protective gloves! — Heat bearing to approx. 100° C, fit in position and press home.
- After removing, check shims for damage.
- When fitting crown wheel, guide with centring pins (A) (local manufacture).
- ⚠ Wear protective gloves! — Allow to cool slightly before inserting new securing bolts. Then tighten to specified torque.
- Set tubeVW 422 under differential cage with opening facing crown wheel.
- Drive the remaining parts of the spring pin out of the differential cage and the differential pinion pin.
- Lubricate one-piece thrust washer with gearbox oil and install.
- Insert sun wheels.
- Insert planet wheels spaced 180° apart and rotate into position (arrow).
- Align holes in one-piece thrust washer, planet wheels and differential cage.
- Drive planet pinion pin into final position and secure.
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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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