Installing oil seal for left flange shaft: VW Golf IV / Bora
Step-by-step installing oil seal for left flange shaft for the VW Golf IV / Bora: 10 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 Golf IV / Bora (1J)
📋 Procedure
- Drive in new seal to stop of thrust piece, taking care not to cant seal.
- Moisten sealing lips of oil seal with ATF.
- Insert flange shaft.
- Apply sealantD 176 404 A2 to “tapered section” of countersunk bolt.
- Tighten countersunk bolt. Torque setting: .
- Bolt left drive shaft to flange shaft.
- Bolt swivel joint to suspension link in its original position.
- Fit wheel.
- Finally, check ATF level and top up .
- Install noise insulation tray.
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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