Removing and Installing Sealing Ring For Cardan Flange

WM 395519 Removing and installing sealing ring for cardan flange











Preliminary work for cardan flange sealing ring

1. Remove engine guard.
2. Remove front cardan shaft.

Removing sealing ring for cardan flange





Overview of cardan flange sealing ring

1. Mark nut on drive flange with a colored pen -arrow-.





Marking nut

2. Determine rolling moment of axle transmission with special tool torque screwdriver for measuring friction moment 89. Push stop on special tool to zero and turn transmission several times. Note the displayed value.





Measuring rolling moment

3. Unscrew nut on drive flange. To do this, use the special tool 3435 to block the transmission.
4. Remove drive flange with special tool striker vw 771/1 and shop-made tool.





Removing drive flange

5. Remove sealing ring with special tool striker vw 771/1 and extraction tool vw 771/37.





Removing sealing ring

Installing sealing ring for cardan flange





Overview of cardan flange sealing ring

1. Fill space between dust and sealing lips with grease.





Greased sealing ring

2. Drive sealing ring in as far as the mounting face with special tool pressure piece T10183.





Driving in the sealing ring

3. Push in drive flange and tighten nut.
4. Position marking on nut and drive shaft -arrow- again so that the rolling moment determined prior to removal is attained once again.





Marking nut

Information
- If the rolling moment has to be corrected, this should be done via the tightening torque of the nut.

5. Check rolling moment with special tool torque screwdriver for measuring friction moment 89.





Subsequent work for sealing ring for cardan flange

Subsequent work on sealing ring for cardan flange

1. Install front cardan shaft.
2. Carry out oil check.
3. Install engine guard.