Audi A8 Workshop Manual page 46

Audi A6 2005 ➤ , Audi A8 2003 ➤
Servicing automatic gearbox 09E, four-wheel drive - Edition 12.2011
– Cover splines on flange shaft (left-side) -arrow- with insulating
tape to prevent damage to oil seal between final drive and
gearbox housing when inserting flange shaft. Take care to
cover the splines completely, without creasing or overlapping
the tape.
– Clean flange shaft (left-side) and oil seal between final drive
and gearbox housing.
– Pack space between sealing lips of oil seal -arrow- half-full
with sealing grease -G 052 128 A1- .
Caution
While inserting the flange shaft (left-side), it must be held cen‐
trally to avoid damaging the oil seal between the final drive and
the gearbox housing.
– Insert flange shaft -A- into gearbox, guiding shaft centrally into
oil seal between final drive and gearbox housing -arrow-.
– Tighten bolts -arrows- on mounting bracket for flange shaft
(left-side).
• Tightening torque: 23 Nm
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Caution
♦ Make sure that the bearing races and shims for the differ‐
ential do not drop out of the gearbox housing and the front
final drive cover.
♦ Bearing races and shims cannot be re-allocated to their
original positions by the workshop if they have dropped
out.
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Rep. gr.37 - Controls, housing