Audi A8 Workshop Manual page 134

Audi A6 2005 ➤ , Audi A8 2003 ➤
Servicing automatic gearbox 09E, four-wheel drive - Edition 12.2011
– Place used oil collection and extraction unit -V.A.G 1782- be‐
low gearbox.
– Remove flange shaft (left-side); to do so, secure puller -
T10037- to gearbox housing -arrow-.
– Pull out flange shaft using puller -T10037- only until bearing
on shaft is removed from gearbox housing.
Note
If you do not keep the shaft centered when pulling it out further
-arrow-, the splines of the shaft will fall against the oil seal for the
flange shaft (left-side). The oil seal will be damaged and will have
to be renewed ⇒ page 131
– Pull flange shaft -A- out of gearbox making sure that the shaft
remains centered in the opening on the front final drive
-arrow-.
Installing
– Install in the reverse order.
You must also perform and observe the following checks.
Tightening torques
⇒ „1.1 Front final drive - exploded view", page 126
– Clean flange shaft and oil seal.
– If oil seal between final drive and gearbox housing is damaged,
it must be renewed
– Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with seal‐
ing grease -G 052 128 A1- .
– Insert flange shaft -A- into gearbox and guide shaft into oil seal
on front final drive -arrow-, keeping it centered.
Note
If you do not keep the shaft centered, the splines of the shaft will
damage the oil seal between final drive and gearbox housing. In
this case, the oil seal will have to be renewed
– After installing gearbox, check gear oil level in gearbox and
top up as required ⇒ Automatic gearbox 09E, four-wheel
drive; Rep. gr. 39 .
130
Rep. gr.39 - Final drive - front differential
.
⇒ page 131 .
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