Removing and installing oil seals for front right flange shaft and front right bevel gear with stub shaft — VW
Removing and installing oil seals for front right flange shaft and front right bevel gear with stub shaft on VW: factory workshop procedure.
Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
VW
Sharan
1996
Power transmission
4-speed automatic gearbox 099, four-wheel drive
Edition
06.2004
Removing and installing oil seals for front right flange shaft and front right bevel gear with stub shaft
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Drift sleeve
VW 194
Tube
VW 421
Multi-purpose tool
VW 771
Pressure piece
3319
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1331
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1332
Unscrew hexagon bolt
arrow
for drive shaft/wheel hub.
Loosen wheel bolts.
Raise vehicle.
Remove noise insulation tray.
Unbolt drive shaft from drive flange shaft.
Remove wheel.
Separate threaded connection
arrow
between wheel bearing housing and lower swivel joint.
Unscrew coupling rod from bottom anti-roll bar and fold up.
Press drive shaft out of wheel bearing housing.
Take out drive shaft.
Remove flange shaft with
VW 771
and
VW 421
.
Always renew flange shaft circlip.
Clamp flange shaft in vice with protective jaw covers.
Use new circlip
A
to press old circlip out of groove in flange shaft.
Remove cover.
Lever oil seal out using assembly lever.
Drive in flange shaft oil seal up to stop.
Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with
grease
G 052 128 A1
.
Use a drift to drive oil seal out through recess.
Installation position of oil seal:
Insert oil seal with open side pointing towards special tool.
Use
3319
to drive oil seal for bevel gear stub shaft up to stop into cover.
Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with
grease
G 052 128 A1
.
Renew O-ring
arrow
on cover.
Install cover with new O-ring.
Install flange shaft.
Install drive shaft.
Assemble threaded connection
arrow
between wheel bearing housing and lower swivel joint.
Fit wheel.
With gearbox installed, check gear oil level in final drive
Chapter
.
Install noise insulation tray.
Torque settings:
Cover on bevel box
25 Nm
Drive shaft to drive flange
80 Nm
Wheel bearing housing to lower swivel joint
55 Nm
Hexagon bolt on drive shaft
Always renew bolt
150 Nm + 90°
Coupling rod on anti-roll bar
100 Nm
Wheel bolts to wheel hub
140 Nm
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