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Sealing Ring For Long Flanged Shaft








Tools

Removing Long Flanged Shaft
1. Remove left rear wheel.
2. Remove left drive shaft.
3. Unscrew fastening screw for the water hose holder on the mounting saddle.





4. Unscrew fastening screws for the mounting saddle with a Torx socket wrench 9330.
5. Carefully pull out flanged shaft.

Installing Long Flanged Shaft
Install in reverse order, observing the following points:





1. Check flanged shaft for burrs and sharp edges on the transmission end of the shaft -arrow- and deburr if necessary.

Note: While being inserted, the flanged shaft must be carefully guided with the hand in order to prevent damage to the sealing ring in the transmission.

2. Carefully insert flanged shaft into the transmission.
3. Fit holder for water hoses and check for perfect seating of the hoses.

Tightening torques
Location Thread Tightening torque Nm (ft. lb.)
Mounting saddle for flanged
shaft to transmission M6 23 Nm (17 ft. lb.)
Drive shaft on flanged
shaft M10 81 Nm (60 ft. lb.)
Wheel to wheel hub M14 x 1.5 130 Nm (96 ft. lb.)
Holder to mounting saddle M6 10 Nm (7.5 ft. lb.)