Renewing right oil seal, rear final drive 0CQ/0CR/0AY — VW
Renewing right oil seal, rear final drive 0CQ/0CR/0AY on VW: 12 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 VII Variant (BA), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020), VW Passat B8 (3G, 2014–), VW Sharan II / SEAT Alhambra (7N, 2010–)
- Opens: gearbox oil
📋 Procedure
- Remove right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering 42. Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Unscrew spindle from bridge of puller18/0 and screw in pin 3282/34 instead.
- Bolt bridge (A) to flange shaft using 2 bolts M8 x 30 (arrows).
- Pull out flange shaft.
- Lever out flange shaft oil seal using oil seal extractorVW 681.
- Lightly lubricate outer diameter of the new sealing ring (1) and drive in seal with thrust piece T10049 until dimension (a) is reached without canting it.
- Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.
- Clamp flange shaft in vice with jaw protectors.
- Use new retaining ring (A) to press old retaining ring out of groove in flange shaft.
- Drive in flange shaft using plastic mallet and, if necessary, a drift.
- Install drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering 42. Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Checking gear oil level in rear final drive (see the separate procedure).
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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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