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Front Final Drive Cover: Removing

NOTE:

Front Final Drive Cover, Removing and Installing with Installed Transmission. Refer to FRONT FINAL DRIVE OVERVIEW

General Repair Instructions. Refer to REPAIR INFORMATION .

Clean working conditions for the automatic transmission. Refer to TRANSMISSION, CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS .

-- Remove the left flange shaft. Refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT .

-- Remove the old circlip from the groove in the flange shaft using the new circlip -A-.

CAUTION:

Make sure the right flange shaft is installed before removing front final drive cover. Otherwise differential can fall out of transmission housing.

-- Tighten screws on front final drive cover in -11 to 1- sequence.

Fig 1: Front Final Drive Cover Bolts Tightening Sequence
GWWA39-0414Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC
CAUTION:
  • Slowly and carefully remove front final driver cover from transmission housing. Otherwise differential can fall out of transmission.
  • A differential that has fallen out can no longer be installed. If differential falls out, transmission must be replaced.
  • Make sure the differential bearing race and adjustment shims do not fall out of the transmission housing and front final drive cover.
  • Bearing rings and adjusting rings that have fallen out cannot be allocated using workshop resources.

-- Secure differential -arrow- against falling out.

Fig 2: Checking Differential For Correct Seating In Transmission
GWWA39-0415Courtesy of AUDI OF AMERICA, LLC