Repairing rear drive shaft — VW

VW
Sharan
1996
Running gear
Running gear, axles, steering - front and four-wheel drive
Edition
03.2008
Repairing rear drive shaft
Special tools and workshop equipment required
Press plate
VW 401
Press plate
VW 402
Press tool
VW 408 A
Support sleeve
VW 522
Tensioner
40 - 204 A
Pliers
V.A.G 1682
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1331
Torque wrench
V.A.G 1332
Packing inner constant velocity joint with grease:
Total amount of grease: 90 g
lubricating grease
G 000 603
Press approx. 45 g grease into each side of the joint.
When renewing the bellows, regrease joint if required.
Hexagon bolt
150 Nm and turn 90° further.
Renew each time after removing.
Drive shaft with outer joint
Outer joint cannot be removed from the drive shaft.
It is not possible to repair the outer joint and renew the joint bellows.
Renew if damaged.
Multi-point socket head bolt
Tighten using diagonal sequence to 10 Nm.
Tighten to 40 Nm.
Locking plate
Clamp-type clip
Renew.
Tensioning
Fig.
.
Bellows for inner constant velocity joint
Check for tears and chafing.
Drive off with drift.
Inner constant velocity joint
Renew only complete.
Pressing off
Fig.
.
Pressing on
Fig.
.
Checking
Chapter
.
Greasing
.
Seal
Renew. Pull off protective foil and stick onto joint.
Circlip
Press off inner constant velocity joint
Note
First drive off boot with drift.
Support ball hub.
Pressing on inner constant velocity joint
Press on joint to stop.
Insert circlip.
Note
Chamfer on inner diameter of ball hub (splines) must face the contact shoulder on the drive shaft.
Tensioning hose clamp on inner joint
Position
pliers
V.A.G 1682
as shown in diagram. Thereby ensure that the jaws of the pliers seat in the corners
arrow B
of the hose clamp.
Tension hose clip by turning the spindle with a torque wrench (do not cant pliers).
Note
Due to the hard material of the protective boot (compared to rubber) and, due to the use of a stainless steel clip, it is only possible to tension the clip using
pliers
V.A.G 1682
.
Specified torque: 20 Nm.
Use
torque wrench
C
with 5...50 Nm range (e.g.
V.A.G 1331
).
Ensure that the spindle thread
A
is not tight. If necessary lubricate with
grease
MOS 2
.
If the thread is tight (e.g. due to dirt), the required clamping force for the boot clamp will not be attained although the correct torque is applied.