Removing oil seal for left flange shaft — VW
Removing oil seal for left flange shaft on VW: 14 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)
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- Mark installation position of swivel joint bolts on left suspension link and remove bolts.
📋 Procedure
- Remove left wheel.
- Remove noise insulation tray.
- Remove left noise insulation.
- Turn steering to left lock.
- Unbolt drive shaft from flange shaft.
- Mark installation position of swivel joint bolts on left suspension link and remove bolts.
- Remove bolts (arrows).
- Separate left coupling rod (1) from suspension link and turn coupling rod upwards.
- Swing wheel bearing housing outwards.
- Raise left drive shaft (2) between subframe and gearbox and secure to suspension strut with wire.
- Unscrew countersunk bolt .
- Place drip tray under gearbox.
- Carefully pull out flange shaft with compression spring. Taper ring, thrust washer and compression spring can drop out.
- Pull out flange shaft oil seal using VW 771 and VW 771/37.
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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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