wheel AUDI A4 1998 B5 / 1.G 01A Transmission Final Drive Flange Driveshaft Workshop Manual

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- Remove front left bolt at crossmember for final
drive.

- Remove strap from 2024A engine sling and tighten with bolt -2- (M10 x
85 mm) at open bore. Position strap using approx. 5 nuts (M12) for
backing -1-.
- Secure VW387 dial gauge holder onto strap mounted in this position.
- Place dial indicator on inside machined surface of drive flange (arrow)
and set to "0" with with 1 mm preload.
- Turn differential simultaneously in one direction by turning rear wheels
(drive flanges right and left), until drive flange makes complete rotation.
- Identify greatest radial deviation on outer drive flange with color
marking (corresponds to largest dimension from pivot axis).
- Remove old color marking on drive flange.
- Install driveshaft Page 39
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Driveshaft, adjusting


Special tools and equipment

3298 alignment fixture for all wheel drive
driveshaft
3139/2 spacer

- Observe all cautions Page 39
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Adjustments should be carried out carefully,
because a badly adjusted driveshaft is often the
cause of vibration and droning noises.

- Remove crossmember below exhaust system, if
installed.

- Remove rear section of exhaust system located
rearward of exhaust pipe clamp(s).
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