Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 1004

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Driveshaft

⇒ “2.1 Driveshaft Overview”, page 9
⇒ “2.2 Driveshaft, Removing and Installing”, page 10
⇒ “2.3 Front Flexible Disc, Removing and Installing”, page 13
⇒ “2.4 Rear Flexible Disc, Removing and Installing”, page 15

2.1

Driveshaft Overview

Note

Do not perform any service work on the driveshaft.

1 - Transmission with Bevel

Gear
2 - Bolt

❑ 50 Nm + an additional

90° turn

❑ Always replace
❑ Allocation, refer to the

Parts Catalog.

❑ For flexible disk to driv‐

eshaft

3 - Front Flexible Disc

❑ Allocation, refer to the

Parts Catalog.

4 - Bolt

❑ 60 Nm.
❑ Allocation, refer to the

Parts Catalog.

❑ For flexible disk to bevel

gear.

5 - Driveshaft

❑ It cannot be separated

at the joint -arrow-.

❑ Allocation, refer to the

Parts Catalog.

❑ Removing and instal‐

ling, refer to

⇒ “2.2 Driveshaft, Re‐

moving and Installing”,

page 10

6 - Bolt

❑ 25 Nm.
❑ Allocation, refer to the

Parts Catalog.

7 - Intermediate Bearing

❑ Align it so that it is free of tension.

8 - Bolt

❑ 50 Nm + an additional 90° turn
❑ Always replace

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❑ Allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog
❑ For flexible disk to driveshaft

9 - Bolt

❑ 60 Nm.
❑ Allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.
❑ For attaching the flexible disk to the final drive

10 - Flexible Disc with Vibration Damper

❑ Allocation, refer to the Parts Catalog.

11 - Rear Final Drive

❑ Removing and installing, refer to 

⇒ “3.1 Final Drive, Removing and Installing”, page 20

 .

2.2

Driveshaft, Removing and Installing

Note

♦

Perform work on driveshaft on a two-column lift if possible.

♦

Mark the position of all the parts to each other before removing

them. Install in the same position otherwise the imbalance will

be excessive and the bearings could get damaged causing

rumbling noises.

♦

Do not kink the driveshaft, only store and move when fully ex‐

tended.

♦

Do not allow the driveshaft to “hang down” during removal.

Always support it.

♦

Always remove or install the driveshaft horizontally with re‐

spect to the drive flange.

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque Wrench 5-50Nm - VAG1331-
♦ Torque Wrench 1332 40-200Nm - VAG1332-
♦ Engine and Gearbox Jack - VAS6931-
♦ Counterhold - Kit - Multiple Use - T10172-
Removing
– Remove the noise insulation, refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep.

Gr.  66 ; Noise Insulation; Overview - Noise Insulation .

– Remove the exhaust system, refer to ⇒  Engine Mechanical,

Fuel Injection and Ignition; Rep. Gr.  26 ; Exhaust Pipes/Muf‐

flers; Overview - Muffler .

– Remove the bolts -1 and 2- from the pendulum support.

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– Press the “engine and transmission” forward and secure the

position with a suitable piece of wood -A-.

– Remove the bolts -A and B- from the bevel box and remove

heat shield -1-.

– Remove the center tunnel heat shield under the intermediate

bearing, refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.  66 ; Underbody

Panel; Overview - Underbody Trim Panels .

– Remove the rear tunnel brace, refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep.

Gr.  66 ; Underbody Panel; Overview - Underbody Trim Pan‐

els .

– Loosen the driveshaft from the bevel box and the rear final

drive but do not remove it.

– Counterhold the rear final drive to loosen and tighten the driv‐

eshaft.

– Before removing, see if there is a marking (color dot) on the

flexible disc and on the final drive output flange -arrows-. If not,

mark the position of the flexible disc and flange/driveshaft on

the final drive with respect to one another -arrows-.

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– Also mark the position of the driveshaft with respect to the

flange on the bevel gear.

– Remove the driveshaft bolts from the front bevel box and the

rear final drive -arrows-.

Note

♦

The centering pins on the bevel box, the rear final drive and in

the center through the intermediate bearing hold the driveshaft

in place.

♦

Two technicians are needed to remove the driveshaft.

– Remove the intermediate bearing -arrows- and if possible, re‐

move the driveshaft to the rear in its fully extended length.

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