Installing centre bearing for rear propshaft free of stress — VW
Installing centre bearing for rear propshaft free of stress on VW: 12 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 Touareg I (7L, 2002–2010)
- Renewed: gearbox carrier bolts one
📋 Procedure
- Remove rear section of exhaust system 26Removing and installing parts of exhaust system..
- Remove bolts (arrows B).
- Loosen bolts (arrows A) several turns.
- Align sides of centre bearing bracket centrally with indentations on body (arrows).
- Secure centre bearing bracket by tightening the two bolts (A).
- Check that threaded holes of centre bearing (B) align with elongated holes of bracket.
- Move centre bearing bracket sideways until the threaded holes and the elongated holes align.
- Loosen bolts (arrows) for gearbox carrier approx. 3 turns.
- Move gearbox carrier sideways until the centre bearing threaded holes and the bracket elongated holes align.
- Renew gearbox carrier bolts one after the other (individually) (arrows) and tighten them to specified torque.
- Install bolts (arrows B) and tighten bolts (arrows A) and (arrows B).
- If removed, reinstall rear section of exhaust system 26Removing and installing parts of the exhaust system.
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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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