Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 534

♦ Shop Crane - Drip Tray - VAS6208- or Used Oil Collection and

Extraction Unit - SMN372500-

♦ Sealing Grease - G 052 128 A1-
Removing
– Remove the left wheel.
– Remove the noise insulation. Refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep.

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

– Remove the lower section of the left front wheel housing liner.

Refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.  66 ; Wheel Housing Liner;

Front Wheel Housing Liner, Removing and Installing .

– Remove the left drive axle. Refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels,

Steering; Rep. Gr.  40 ; Drive Axle; Drive Axle, Removing and

Installing .

– Place the -VAS6208- or -SMN372500- underneath.
– Remove flange shaft bolt. To do this, install two bolts on the

flange and counterhold the flange shaft with a pry bar.

– Remove the flange shaft and the pressure spring.

– Remove flange shaft seal.
Installing

– Lightly oil new seal on outer circumference.
– Fill the space between the sealing/dust lip -arrow- halfway with

Sealing Grease - G 052 128 A1- .

– Install the seal all the way in without tilting it.

– Fill the space between the sealing and dust lip -arrow- halfway

with Sealing Grease - G 052 128 A1- .

– Install the flange shaft.
– Hold the flange shaft to the transmission and tighten.
– Install the left drive axle. Refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels,

Steering; Rep. Gr.  40 ; Drive Axle; Drive Axle, Removing and

Installing .

– Check transmission fluid level. Refer to

⇒ “8.1 Transmission Fluid Level, Checking”, page 142

 .

– Install the lower section of the left front wheel housing liner.

Refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.  66 ; Wheel Housing Liner;

Front Wheel Housing Liner, Removing and Installing .

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

66 ; Noise Insulation; Overview - Noise Insulation .

– Install the wheel. Refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels, Steering;

Rep. Gr.  44 ; Wheels, Tires; Wheel Bolts, Tightening Speci‐

fications .

Tightening Specification
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “2.1 Overview - Differential”, page 212

 .

1.3

Right Seal, Replacing

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm - VAG1331-
♦ Shop Crane - Drip Tray - VAS6208- or Used Oil Collection and

Extraction Unit - SMN372500-

♦ Seal Installer - Flange Shaft - 3305-
♦ Sealing Grease - G 052 128 A1-
Removing
– Remove the noise insulation. Refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep.

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

– Remove the heat shield above the right drive axle -arrows-, if

equipped.

– Remove the right drive axle from the transmission flange shaft

-A-. Refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels, Steering; Rep. Gr.  40 ;

Drive Axle; Drive Axle, Removing and Installing .

– Secure the drive axle with wire and do not damage the surface

protection.

Note

♦

On some engines, the drive axle cannot be tied up so that the

flange shaft can be removed.

♦

Remove the drive axle. Refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels,

Steering; Rep. Gr.  40 ; Drive Axle; Drive Axle, Removing and

Installing .

– Place the Drip Tray , for example -VAS 6208- or -SMN372500-

under the transmission.

– Remove flange shaft bolt -arrow-. To do this, install two bolts

on the flange and counterhold the flange shaft with a pry bar.

– Remove the flange shaft and the pressure spring.
– Pry out the sealing ring.
Installing
– Lightly oil the new gasket on the outer edge.

– Fill the space between the sealing/dust lip -arrow- halfway with

Sealing Grease - G 052 128 A1- .

– Install the seal all the way in without tilting it.
– Install the seal all the way in without tilting it.

– Push the flange shaft -A- toward the transmission and secure.
– Attach the right drive axle to the transmission flange shaft

-A-. Refer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels, Steering; Rep. Gr.  40 ;

Drive Axle; Drive Axle, Removing and Installing .

– If removed, install the heat shield over the right drive axle. Re‐

fer to ⇒  Suspension, Wheels, Steering; Rep. Gr.  40 ; Drive

Axle; Drive Axle Heat Shield, Removing and Installing .

– Check transmission fluid level. Refer to

⇒ “8.1 Transmission Fluid Level, Checking”, page 142

 .

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

66 ; Noise Insulation; Overview - Noise Insulation .

Tightening Specification
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “2.1 Overview - Differential”, page 212

 .