Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Jetta. Manual - part 524

  

  

- Open clamp on joint and slide back protective boot. 

- Open out plate tabs with a flat screwdriver and pry off 
cover. 

- installation position of parts - 1 to 3 - mark by lines. 

If the parts are not marked when assembling, the 
components are not brought back to their original 
installation position. It is then possible that it will be noisy 
when driving.

A waterproof felt tipped pen is suitable for marking.

1 - Triple roller joint housing  

2 - Triple roller star 

3 - Axle shaft 

- Take O-ring - arrow - out of groove. 

Front drive axle, servicing

  

  

- Remove circlip - arrow - . 

- Hold joint and take axle shaft out of vice. 

- Insert axle shaft in press. 

- Hold axle shaft, then press triple roller star off axle shaft.  

- Remove triple roller star with rollers and place on a clean 
surface. 

- Pull CV joint off shaft. 

- Pull protective boot off shaft. 

- Clean shaft, joint and groove for oil seal. 

Assembling

 

- Slide CV joint protective boot onto shaft. 

- Slide CV joint onto shaft. 

Front drive axle, servicing

  

Assembling triple roller star

The chamfer on triple roller star faces toward shaft, this is 
used as an assembly aid.

- Install triple roller star onto shaft as per markings and 
press in to stop. 

- Insert circlip, make sure seated correctly. 

- Slide joint over rollers and hold. 

- Press half of joint grease from repair set into triple roller 
joint. 

- Press the other half of joint grease from repair set into 
reverse side of triple roller joint. 

- Install joint protective boot. 

The ridge in CV joint protective boot must seat in joint 
groove. 

- Remove axle shaft from vice and tighten joint in vice. 

Front drive axle, servicing

  

  

  

- Insert new seal - arrow - from repair kit into groove. 

- Install new cover to joint. Position plate tabs on the 
grooved surfaces from joint - arrow - . 

The holes of cover and joint must align. 

- Install boot clamp. 

Note: 

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For a better alignment of the multi-point socket head 
bolts when mounting the axle shaft, it is necessary 
that the clamping ear of the clamp  - arrow A - is 
placed between the fixing flanges from the joint  - 
arrowB - .  

Front drive axle, servicing