Detaching bevel box from gearbox - gearbox removed — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Tiguan I (5N, 2007–2016)

• Special tools named: T10472, puller

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• Turn stub shaft if spline position is unfavourable (bevel box cannot be pressed to stop against gearbox).
• After installing gearbox, check oil level and top up .

📋 Procedure

1. Remove gearbox with bevel box .
2. Secure gearbox with bevel box to assembly stand .
3. Remove upper securing bolts (arrows) securing bevel box to gearbox.
4. Loosen lower securing bolts securing bevel box to gearbox and unscrew only as far as dimension (a).
5. Fit pullerT 10472 to bevel box.

6. Bolt multi-purpose toolVW 771 onto puller T10472 and loosen bevel box from gearbox.
7. Unscrew lower securing bolts (arrows) and remove bevel box.
8. Grease splines of differential with grease for clutch plate splinesG 000 100.
9. Install new retaining ring (arrow A) and new O-ring (arrow B) on right stub shaft.
10. Insert bevel box and press against gearbox. [Note: Turn stub shaft if spline position is unfavourable (bevel box cannot be pressed to stop against gearbox).]
11. If splines are correctly positioned and shafts are centred, then bevel box will slide against contact surface on gearbox.
12. ⚠ Retaining ring on stub shaft must engage correctly in differential bevel gear. If retaining ring is not engaged, there is a risk that stub shaft might move outwards.Also, bevel box is not allowed to be bolted onto gearbox forcefully. Damage to gearbox or bevel box could result in both cases. — To ensure that the retaining ring engages properly in the differential bevel gear, strike the face of the spline stub several times with a plastic hammer (weight 1000 - 2000 g).
13. Screw on bevel box with new bolts (arrows) until finger-tight, then tighten. Torque setting: .
14. Installing gearbox
15. After installing gearbox, check oil level and top up .

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