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Installing bevel box 0CN: VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII (CJXB, CJXC, CYFB)

Step-by-step installing bevel box 0CN for the VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII: 18 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.

18 steps 3 engine codes

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Golf VII Variant (BA), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020); platform code AU1

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  • Do not use securing bolts to pull bevel box onto gearbox, or bevel box will cant and bolt holes can break off.
  • On some gearboxes, there are threaded inserts, e.g. "“Heli coil”", in the bolting holes for the pendulum support .

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 44 workshop diagrams for CJXB

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

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📋 Procedure

  1. Grease splines of manual gearbox differential with grease for clutch plate splinesG 000 100.
  2. Push bevel box completely onto manual gearbox. When doing this, join bevel box input shaft splines and differential centrally. Turn flange shaft if necessary.
  3. If splines are correctly positioned and shafts are centred, then bevel box will slide to stop against gearbox. [Note: Do not use securing bolts to pull bevel box onto gearbox, or bevel box will cant and bolt holes can break off.]
  4. Screw in lower securing bolts (arrows) for securing bevel box to gearbox and tighten them to specified torque .
  5. Secure flange shaft .
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  1. Bolt on bevel box carrier. When doing this, observe tightening sequence of bolts (1) and (2).
  2. Bolt on auxiliary pump for heating V488. Do not open cooling system while doing so. Connect connector 19Coolant pump, regulation of cooling system; Assembly overview - electric coolant pump. [Note: On some gearboxes, there are threaded inserts, e.g. "“Heli coil”", in the bolting holes for the pendulum support .]
  3. Install pendulum support with new bolts 10Assembly mountings; Assembly overview - assembly mountings.
  4. Fill bevel box with axle oil
  5. Bolt propshaft with flexible coupling to bevel box flange (arrows)39Propshaft; Removing and installing propshaft.
  6. Bolt on heat shield (1)(arrows)39Propshaft; Removing and installing propshaft.
  7. Install right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
  8. If removed, install drive shaft heat shield (arrows)Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft.
  9. Screw in upper securing bolts (arrows) for securing bevel box to gearbox and tighten them to specified torque .
  10. Install exhaust gas recirculation cooler 26Exhaust gas recirculation system; Removing and installing exhaust gas recirculation cooler.
  11. Assemble exhaust system 26Exhaust pipes/silencers; Assembly overview - silencer.
  12. Install noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
  13. Tighten bolts in stages as follows:
Workshop diagrams

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.