Renewing right seal, for right flange shaft on bevel box: VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII (CJXB, CJXC, CYFB)
Step-by-step renewing right seal, for right flange shaft on bevel box for the VW Golf VII Variant / Golf VII: 15 steps.
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); platform code AU1
- Special tools named: puller
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- Drive in new seal to stop. Do not cant oil seal in the process.
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ Follow instructions exactly to avoid damaging polygon bearings of flange shaft. — Remove right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Place drip tray under gearbox.
- Remove bolt for right flange shaft using hexagon keyV.A.G 1669 or socket and extended bit T10107.
- Bolt puller T10037 to right flange shaft.
- Align puller parallel to flange using knurled knob T10037/1 and lower support (A).
- Pull out flange shaft.
- Pry seal out using assembly lever.
- Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip with sealing greaseG 052 128.
- Drive in new seal to stop. Do not cant oil seal in the process.
- Drive in flange shaft carefully. Turn flange shaft when doing so.
- Tighten flange shaft with countersunk bolt.
- Install right drive shaft Running gear, axles, steering40Drive shaft; Removing and installing drive shaft.
- Attach drive shaft heat shield to bevel box.
- Check oil level in bevel box .
- Install noise insulation, if fitted.
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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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