Assembly overview of rear axle with four-wheel drive — VW
Assembly overview of rear axle with 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
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
Assembly overview of rear axle with four-wheel drive
Note
Always renew self-locking nuts and bolts.
Always renew corroded nuts and bolts.
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Hexagon bolt
M8 x 22
Subframe
Removing and installing
Chapter
Renewing bonded rubber bushes
Chapter
Anti-roll bar
Clamp
Self-locking nut, 20 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Hexagon bolt
M10 x 50
Coupling rod
Allocation
Genuine parts catalogue
Various versions:
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of steel
Item
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of aluminium
Item
Self-locking nut, 50 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Tighten nut only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Hexagon bolt
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of steel
Item
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of aluminium
Item
Threads in wheel housing
If thread of captive nut in wheel housing is found to be damaged, it can be repaired using a Heli-Coil insert
Chapter
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Hexagon bolt, 36 Nm
Suspension strut
Dismantling and assembling
Chapter
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Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing.
Washer
Upper suspension link
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 95
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of steel
Item
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of aluminium
Item
Washer
Self-locking nut
70 Nm + 90° further
Always renew after removing.
Tighten nut only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Self-locking nut
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of steel
Item
Vehicles with wheel bearing housing made of aluminium
Item
Eccentric washer
Wheel bearing housing
Eccentric bolt
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 95
Always renew after removing.
Lower suspension link
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 130
110 Nm and turn 90° further
Always renew after removing.
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 100
70 Nm + 90° further
Always renew after removing.
Tighten bolt only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Washer
Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing.
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 85
95 Nm
Tighten bolt only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing.
Washer
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 80
95 Nm
Tighten bolt only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Washer
Self-locking nut, 95 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing.
Washer
Washer
Eccentric bolt
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 85
95 Nm
Vehicles with 8-cylinder engine only
Tighten bolt only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Track rod
Bonded rubber bushes are not available as replacement parts
Hexagon bolt
M12 x 1.5 x 85
95 Nm
Tighten bolt only when vehicle is unladen
Chapter
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Washer
Threaded plate
Vehicles with 8-cylinder engine only
Self-locking nut
Always renew after removing.
Self-locking nut, 95 Nm
Always renew after removing.
Eccentric washer
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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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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.