Renewing right seal on manual gearbox, between manual gearbox and bevel box or between manual gearbox and front differential lock — VW
Renewing right seal on manual gearbox, between manual gearbox and bevel box or between manual gearbox and front differential lock on VW: 12 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 Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014), VW CC (358, 2012–2017), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020), VW Tiguan I (5N, 2007–2016)
- Opens: gearbox oil
📋 Procedure
- Remove bevel box .
- Remove front differential lock .
- Place drip tray or used oil collection and extraction unitV.A.G 1782 underneath.
- Lever out seal on manual gearbox using extractor lever T20143/2 or oil seal extractor leverVW 681.
- Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip (arrow) with sealing grease.
- Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal.
- Drive in seal to stop.
- Install bevel box .
- Check gear oil level in bevel box .
- Install front differential lock .
- Check high-performance oil for Haldex coupling.
- Check gear oil in gearbox .
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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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