Replacing oil seal for crankshaft at belt pulley end: VW Touareg II (CKDA)
Step-by-step replacing oil seal for crankshaft at belt pulley end for the VW Touareg II (CKDA): 13 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Touareg II (7P, 2010–2018)
- Special tools named: T40019, T40048/1, T40048/2, T40048/3
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- Leave fitting sleeve T40048/2 on crankshaft for pushing-in purposes.
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📋 Procedure
- Remove vibration damper .
- Adjust inner part of oil seal extractor T40019 to be flush with the outer part and lock in position with knurled screw.
- Lubricate threaded head of oil seal extractor, place it in position and, exerting firm pressure, screw it into shaft oil seal as far as possible.
- Loosen knurled screw and turn inner part against crankshaft until the shaft oil seal is pulled out.
- Clamp oil seal extractor on flats in a vice and remove shaft seal using pliers.
- Clean contact surface and sealing surface.
- Fit assembly aid T40048/1 onto fitting sleeve T40048/2 and push shaft seal (1) onto fitting sleeve.
- Remove assembly aid.
- Fit fitting sleeve T40048/2 onto crankshaft and push shaft seal (1) into sealing flange at pulley end. [Note: Leave fitting sleeve T40048/2 on crankshaft for pushing-in purposes.]
- Fit pressure sleeve T40048/3 (press-in depth 5 mm) with M8 x 55 mm bolts (arrows) on crankshaft.
- First, hand-tighten the bolts.
- Tighten bolts alternately, 1/2 turn at a time, to press in oil seal onto stop.
- Install vibration damper .
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