Renewing O-ring on final drive cover: VW Phaeton
Step-by-step renewing O-ring on final drive cover for the VW Phaeton: 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 Phaeton (3D)
📋 Procedure
- Remove right flange shaft .
- Partially remove front exhaust system 26.
- Remove right-hand gearbox support .
- Unscrew bolts securing final drive cover in sequence opposite to the given tightening sequence and remove cover.
- Renew O-ring (arrow).
- Fit final drive cover and tighten bolts .
- Install right gearbox support .
- Install exhaust system and align it free of tension 26.
- Install right flange shaft .
- After having finished repair work, replenish gear oil in front final drive.
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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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