Renewing Flange Shaft Oil Seal (Left-Side); Renewing Oil Seal And Grooved Ball Bearing For Flange Shaft (Right-Side); Removing And Installing Cover For Front Final Drive - Audi A8 2003 Workshop Manual

– Unbolt bearing bracket for flange shaft -arrows-.
– Place used oil collection and extraction unit -V.A.G 1782- be‐
low gearbox.
– Pull out flange shaft (right side) together with bearing bracket.
Installing
– Clean flange shaft.
– If oil seal is damaged, it must be renewed ⇒ Servicing multi‐
tronic 01J and 0AN; Rep. Gr. 39 .
– Renew O-ring -arrow A- in flange shaft bearing bracket.
– Push spring -C- with cap facing outwards into drilling at end of
flange shaft -arrow-.
– Insert flange shaft -B- into gearbox.
Note
Make sure that spring -C- remains in flange shaft when inserting,
otherwise it might drop into gearbox.
– Bolt on bearing bracket for flange shaft -arrows-.
– Install drive shaft (right-side) ⇒ Running gear, front-wheel
drive and four-wheel drive; Rep. Gr. 40 .
– Check gear oil level in front final drive
Tightening torques
Component
Flange shaft bearing bracket (right-side) to
gearbox
Heat shield for drive shaft to gearbox
2.3

Renewing flange shaft oil seal (left-side)

Description of work sequence ⇒ Servicing multitronic 01J and
0AN; Rep. Gr. 39
2.4 Renewing oil seal and grooved ball
bearing for flange shaft (right-side)
Description of work sequence ⇒ Servicing multitronic 01J and
0AN; Rep. Gr. 39
2.5 Removing and installing cover for front
final drive
Special tools and workshop equipment required
multitronic 01J, front-wheel drive - Edition 11.2007
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