Removing and installing oil seal for right drive flange or stub shaft — VW

Removing and installing oil seal for right drive flange or stub shaft
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Drift
VW 195
Oil seal extractor lever
VW 681
Socket, 27 mm
3257
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1331
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1332
3
Splitter
Kukko 17/0
3
Splitter
Kukko 17/1
Drift sleeve
VW 192
Drive shaft fitting appliance
VW 391
Support device
3250
Vehicles before 12.95
Insert
support device
3250
before lifting vehicle
Running gear
Rep. Gr.
40
Repairing front suspension
.
If support device cannot be inserted in spite of the loading then torsion bar can be relieved
.
With vehicle standing on the ground, loosen drive shaft/wheel hub bolt on right
arrow
as well as wheel bolts on right wheel.
Raise vehicle until weight is taken off front axle.
Remove right wheel.
Unscrew hexagon bolt for drive shaft/wheel hub.
Remove noise insulation tray.
Separate threaded connection between wheel bearing housing and lower swivel joint.
Always renew bolts.
Remove bolt for right damper and anti-roll bar coupling rod.
Unbolt drive shaft from drive flange.
Press drive shaft out of wheel bearing housing.
Compress dampers.
Take out drive shaft.
Pierce sealing cap in drive flange with a screwdriver and lever out.
Remove circlip for drive flange.
Pull off drive flange with
VW 391
.
Pull out drive flange oil seal with
VW 681
.
Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with
grease
G 052 128 A1
.
Drive in new oil seal to stop using
VW 192
.
Pull drive flange in with
VW 391
.
Install a new circlip and new sealing cap.
Install drive shaft.
With gearbox installed, check axle oil in final drive
Chapter
.
Fit wheel.
Install noise insulation tray.
Vehicles after 01.96
Remove noise insulation tray.
Turn steering to right to full lock.
Unbolt drive shaft from flange shaft.
Vehicles with 6-cylinder injection engine
Unscrew gearbox carrier
A
of bearing for right flange shaft
B
arrows
.
Pull out flange shaft.
Vehicles with 5-cylinder engine
Unscrew bearing
A
for flange shaft from gearbox carrier
B
arrow
.
Pull right flange shaft
C
out of stub shaft
D
.
Continuation for all vehicles after 01.96
Remove O-ring from stub shaft.
Remove stub shaft.
A
Splitter
Kukko 17/0
B
Splitter
Kukko 17/1
1
Bolts M10 × 80 (qty. 2)
Screw bolts
1
evenly against splitter
B
Pull out oil seal using
VW 681
.
Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with
grease
G 052 128 A1
.
Drive oil seal in onto stop with
VW 195
.
Clamp stub shaft in vice with protective jaw covers.
Use new circlip
A
to press old circlip out of groove in stub shaft.
Fit stub shaft with new circlip and O-ring and drive in with plastic hammer.
Install flange shaft.
Install gearbox carrier.
Bolt drive shaft to flange shaft.
With gearbox installed, check axle oil in final drive
Chapter
.
Install noise insulation tray.