Volkswagen Golf Variant, Jetta. Manual - part 20

- noise insulation .

overview - front wheel housing .

– Remove all retainers and brackets from front of gearbox.

installing drive shafts .

Only in vehicles with flange shafts

– If fitted, remove the heat shield over the right-hand drive shaft.

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work.

The surface protection of the shafts must not be damaged. Plastic

cable ties or a pair of tensioning straps -T10038- are therefore

very good for this.

Secure both drive shafts to suspension struts using tensioning

straps -T10038- .

– Remove right flange shaft of gearbox.
Bolt has a 6 mm hexagon socket. Bolt can also be removed and

installed with socket -V.A.G 1669- .
Torque setting: 30 Nm
Continuation for all vehicles

– Unbolt exhaust system bracket from subframe.

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– Remove engine cover from cylinder head.
– If there are hose and cable connections in area of engine sup‐

port eye for support bracket -10-222 A- , remove these now.

– Support engine and gearbox with support bracket -10-222 A-

but do not raise.

Remove all bolts -1- and -2- for bracket.
– Then lower engine and gearbox slightly using spindles of sup‐

port bracket -10 - 222 A- so that bracket can be removed.

At most, 5 turns are sufficient to remove bracket.
In many cases, the spindle does not need to be lowered further

for the later removal of the gearbox.

To remove gearbox 0AM, set up gearbox support -3282- with ad‐

justment plate -3282/59- and push onto engine and gearbox

support -V.A.G 1383 A- .
– Align arms of gearbox support according to holes in adjust‐

ment plate -3282/59- .

– Screw in support elements as illustrated on adjustment plate

-3282/59- .

– Position engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- under vehi‐

cle.

• Arrow on adjustment plate -3282/59- points in direction of trav‐

el.

– Align gearbox support -3282- parallel to gearbox.
– Screw pin -3282/29- into “rear” hole for pendulum support.

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housing and not under mechatronic unit.

– Secure gearbox with tensioning strap -T10038- .
– Raise gearbox and engine support -V.A.G 1383 A- from below

to support gearbox.

The gearbox is separated from the engine in this position.
– Remove remaining engine/gearbox connecting bolts.
– Press gearbox off engine, “observing selector lever cable” and

lower gearbox.

Note

♦

Distance between engine flange and gearbox flange should

be about 50 mm before gearbox is lowered.

♦

Be careful of all lines and coolant hoses when lowering gear‐

box.

Crankshaft, pulling needle bearing from crankshaft and driving

in .

Transporting gearbox and securing to assembly stand

⇒ page 111

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Installing gearbox 

⇒ page 104

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If gearbox is to be sent:

In some cases, there are retainers on the front of the gearbox.
– Remove retainers if installing a “new” gearbox, because there

are no retainers on a “new” gearbox.

– Install right flange shaft of gearbox with flange shafts

⇒ page 118

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