Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 1006

– Remove the flexible disc with the vibration damper from the

rear final drive -arrows-.

– Counterhold using Counterhold - Kit - Multiple Use - T10172-

when loosening and tightening the bolts.

– Remove the bolts -arrows- from the intermediate bearing.
– Remove the driveshaft from the final drive and lay it on the

tunnel brace; place a cloth on the tunnel brace to protect the

shaft.

– When removing and installing the driveshaft, be careful not to

damage the bushing -arrow-.

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– Secure the intermediate bearing to the body with 2 bolts

-arrows- after removing the driveshaft. This way the front flex‐

ible disc will not be unnecessarily loaded.

Remove the rear flexible disc with the vibration damper from the

driveshaft.
Installing
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

Note

♦

Sealing rings in driveshaft flanges -arrow- must not be dam‐

aged when removing and installing.

♦

Replace the driveshaft if it is damaged.

♦

Do not tip rear driveshaft tube, push horizontally onto center‐

ing pins.

♦

Install all driveshaft parts marked in relation to each other in

same position when reinstalling.

– Attach the flexible disc to the driveshaft using new bolts. Tight‐

ening specification, refer to

⇒ “2.1 Driveshaft Overview”, page 9

 .

Location of Flexible Disc with Vibration Damper:
♦ The brace on the outer diameter -arrows- faces away from the

driveshaft tube.

♦ Each of the three protruding sleeves on the flange/driveshaft

and on the flange/final drive engages in the mounting holes in

the flexible disc.

The following applies only to installing the removed flexible disc.

– Attach the driveshaft to the flange/driveshaft on the rear final

drive so that the markings -arrows- line up.

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– When removing and installing the driveshaft, be careful not to

damage the bushing -arrow-.

Install the Intermediate Bearing without Tension.
– Align the intermediate bearing in its elongated holes so the

driveshaft or bearing is not under stress.

– Tighten the intermediate bearing only after the driveshaft has

been attached.

– Tighten the driveshaft and intermediate bearing. Tightening

specifications, refer to 

⇒ “2.1 Driveshaft Overview”, page 9

 .

– Tighten the pendulum support with “new” bolts. Tightening

specifications, refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels, Steering; Rep.

Gr.  40 ; Subframe; Overview - Subframe .

– Install the center tunnel heat shield under the intermediate

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

Panel; Overview - Underbody Trim Panels .

– Install the rear section of the exhaust system, refer to ⇒  En‐

gine Mechanical, Fuel Injection and Ignition; Rep. Gr.  26 ;

Exhaust Pipes/Mufflers; Overview - Muffler .

– Install the noise insulation, refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep. Gr. 

66 ; Noise Insulation; Overview - Noise Insulation .

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3

Final Drive

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

3.1

Final Drive, Removing and Installing

Short Description
The rear axle is lowered at the rear mounting points.
The stabilizer bar and the rear spring are removed, the driveshaft

is removed from the final drive. Electrical connections and venti‐

lation lines are disconnect at final drive.
Remove the “rear section” of the exhaust system with the heat

shield and disconnect the driveshaft from the final drive.
The final drive is “lowered” with the transmission jack downward

and diagonally in the direction of travel.
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Engine and Gearbox Jack - VAS6931-
♦ Counterhold - Kit - Multiple Use - T10172-
♦ Multipoint Socket - T10035- and if necessary Bits for

VAG1331/13 - T10099-

Removing
– Separate the exhaust system at the clamping sleeve

-arrows- and remove the rear section of the exhaust system,

refer to ⇒  Engine Mechanical, Fuel Injection and Ignition; Rep.

Gr.  26 ; Exhaust Pipes/Mufflers; Overview - Muffler .

– Place a pipe or pry bar -3- in the front exhaust pipe -1- and lay

it on the tunnel brace -2-.

Note

Do not bend the exhaust system decoupling element more than

10° or it could be damaged.

– Remove the rear stabilizer bar, refer to ⇒  Suspension,

Wheels, Steering; Rep. Gr.  42 ; Stabilizer Bar; Stabilizer Bar,

Removing and Installing .

– Remove left and right drive axles from rear final drive.

Note

For the next steps it is important that the multi-link axle springs

are removed. This applies to the right and left side.

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