Adjusting wheel bearing play, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive — VW
Adjusting wheel bearing play, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive on VW: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.
Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
Adjusting wheel bearing play, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Claw spanner
T50034
Removing
Remove front wheel.
Remove brake caliper together with brake carrier and secure with wire so that weight of brake caliper does not stress or damage brake hose
Brake systems
Rep. gr.
46
Brakes - mechanism
.
Lever off hub cap using a commercially available chisel.
Note
The hub cap will be damaged during removal and must be renewed.
The hub cap is bonded in which makes removal difficult.
Release outer nut
1
by bending locking plate
arrow
back.
Unscrew outer slotted nut
3
using
claw spanner
T50034
and remove locking plate
2
.
Unscrew inner slotted nut
1
using
claw spanner
T50034
.
Coat contact surface of inner slotted nut
1
to wheel hub with
universal grease
Electronic Parts Catalogue
, and tighten nut to pre-tightening torque
Item
.
Loosen inner slotted nut
1
, turn wheel hub, and loosen wheel hub by carefully knocking against wheel hub using e.g. a commercially available plastic head hammer.
Tighten inner slotted nut
1
until there is no more wheel bearing play.
Loosen inner slotted nut
1
by 160°. Then, tighten it
Item
.
Insert brake locking plate
2
.
Note
Locking plate
2
must be renewed (
Electronic Parts Catalogue
).
Grease outer slotted nut
3
with
universal grease
Electronic Parts Catalogue
and tighten it.
Check wheel bearing play. If necessary, repeat the work procedure
Chapter
.
Note
Do only measure wheel bearing play with outer slotted nut
3
!
Secure outer slotted nut
3
with locking plate
2
.
Coat contact surfaces of new hub cap with
sealant
Electronic Parts Catalogue
.
Note
Due to the air-tight conditions and the metal contact, the
sealant
starts to cure immediately after the installation of the hub cap to the wheel bearing housing
Electronic Parts Catalogue
.
Install new hub cap.
Install front wheel.
Specified torques
Chapter
“
Assembly overview - wheel bearing unit, Crafter 4MOTION with Achleitner four-wheel drive
”
Chapter
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Specified torque for wheel bolts
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