Renewing right oil seal, gearboxes with stub shaft: VW Polo 6C
Step-by-step renewing right oil seal, gearboxes with stub shaft for the VW Polo 6C: 15 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 Polo 6C (2014–2017)
- Opens: gearbox oil
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- When loosening and tightening bolt, counterhold on left wheel.
- Renew countersunk bolt for stub shaft.Press stub shaft against spring force into gearbox so that bolt engages in threaded piece of differential.
📋 Procedure
- Remove noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- Drain gear oil .
- Remove right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Remove bolt in stub shaft with socket T10107 A.
- When loosening and tightening bolt, counterhold on left wheel.
- Remove stub shaft together with spring, thrust washer and tapered ring.
- Pry seal out using assembly lever.
- Lubricate outer circumference of new oil seal with gear oil.
- Fill space between sealing lip and dust lip (arrow) with sealing grease Electronic Parts Catalogue.
- Drive in new oil seal to stop, being careful not to cant oil seal. [Note: Renew countersunk bolt for stub shaft.Press stub shaft against spring force into gearbox so that bolt engages in threaded piece of differential.]
- Fit stub shaft, and secure it with new countersunk bolt. Specified torque:
- Install drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- If present, install heat shield above right drive shaft. Specified torque Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Install noise insulation General body repairs, exterior66Noise insulation; Assembly overview - noise insulation.
- Fill with gear oil .
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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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