Renewing seal on right of bevel box, vehicles with all-wheel drive — VW

Renewing seal on right of bevel box, vehicles with all-wheel drive on VW: factory workshop procedure. Full factory text, tools and checks.

Workshop procedure for VW — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.

factory workshop text

📋 Procedure

ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.

Renewing seal on right of bevel box, vehicles with all-wheel drive
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Puller
T10037
Thrust piece
T10049
Socket 6 mm
T10107 A
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1331
Sealing grease
Electronic Parts Catalogue
Removing
Remove noise insulation
General body repairs, exterior
Rep. gr.
66
Noise insulation; Assembly overview – noise insulation
.
Remove front right wheel housing liner
General body repairs, exterior
Rep. gr.
66
Wheel housing liners; Assembly overview – front wheel housing liner
.
Remove right drive shaft
Running gear, axles, steering
Rep. gr.
40
Drive shafts
.
Unbolt heat shield for right drive shaft from bevel box
arrows
.
Place
drip tray for workshop hoist
VAS 6208
under bevel box.
Unscrew securing bolt for right flange shaft using
socket and extended bit 6 mm
T10107 A
. To do this, screw 2 bolts into flange and counterhold flange shaft with an assembly lever.
Bolt
puller
T10037
to right flange shaft.
Note
To remove right flange shaft, use
puller
T10037
to avoid damage to polygon bearing of flange shaft.
Lay a spacer (e.g.
press piece
VW 434
) between bevel box carrier and knurled nut
T10037/1
.
Using lower support
A
, align
puller
parallel with flange.
Pull out right flange shaft.
Lever out flange shaft oil seal with assembly lever.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:
Lightly oil outer circumference of new oil seal.
Note
Take care not to cant oil seal during following work.
Drive in new oil seal to stop using
thrust piece
T10049
.
Half-fill space between sealing lip and dust lip
arrow
with
sealing grease
Electronic Parts Catalogue
.
Carefully drive in flange shaft, turn flange shaft while doing this.
Secure flange shaft with new countersunk bolt.
Check gear oil level in bevel box
Chapter
.
Install right drive shaft
Running gear, axles, steering
Rep. gr.
40
Drive shafts
.
Install heat shield for right drive shaft to bevel box
arrows
.
Install front right wheel housing liner
General body repairs, exterior
Rep. gr.
66
Wheel housing liners; Assembly overview – front wheel housing liner
.
Install noise insulation
General body repairs, exterior
Rep. gr.
66
Noise insulation; Assembly overview – noise insulation
.
Specified torques
Chapter
“
Assembly overview – flange shaft
”
Component
Specified torque
Heat shield for drive shaft
20 Nm

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.