Removing and installing drive shafts with triple roller joint — VW

🧭 Before you start

• Special tools named: T10161

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• Never use a hammer or other driving tools.
• Deflector ring (1) must align with contact surface of outer joint (arrow).

📋 Procedure

1. Lift vehicle far enough to take weight off front axle.
2. Loosen 12-point nut using socket 36 mm T10125.
3. Remove wheel.
4. Remove nuts (arrows).
5. Pull wheel bearing housing with swivel joint out of suspension link.

6. Pivot suspension strut outwards and hold in place with a wooden block or similar (1); at the same time pull drive shaft out of wheel bearing.
7. Insert wedge(T10161) between gearbox housing and triple roller joint.
8. Press inner joint out of gearbox by striking wedge T10161 with a hammer.
9. Remove drive shaft.
10. Fit new retaining ring into groove of joint pin.
11. Mesh outer and inner splines of joint body and gearbox.
12. Slide drive shaft into joint body to stop by hand.
13. Now »suddenly« push joint body into gearbox. [Note: Never use a hammer or other driving tools.]
14. Check that the drive shaft is securely seated in the gearbox by pulling the joint body against the resistance of retaining ring.
15. Guide outer joint into wheel hub splines as far as possible. [Note: Deflector ring (1) must align with contact surface of outer joint (arrow).]
16. Bolt swivel joint to suspension link with new nuts (arrows).
17. Install wheel and tighten bolts or nuts (see the separate procedure).
18. Tighten 12-point nut using 36 mm socket T10125.

🎬 Related video tutorial

Independent AUTODOC tutorial for the same job, filmed on a different model (CADDY 3 Van) — the technique carries over, the fasteners and figures on this page are the ones for your car.

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