engine VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1995 B3, B4 / 3.G Service Repair Manual

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5 - Brake caliper Do not loosen brake
hose when working on
front suspension Hang up with wire or
similar Replacing brake pads
Page 46-6 6 - Countersunk screw
7 - Hub Pressing out Fig. 2 Pressing in Fig. 6 Pulling off inner race
Fig. 3 8 - Speed sensor rotor Only for vehicles with
ABS
9 - Hex bolt, 10 Nm (7 ft lb) 10 - Splash plate Page 37 of 82Front Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.40.1

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11 - Circlip Ensure seated
correctly
12 - Wheel bearing Pressing out Fig. 4 Always replace, as it is destroyed during
pressing out Pressing in Fig. 5 13 - Self-locking hex nut, 35 Nm (26 ft lb)
14 - Wheel bearing housing 15 - Self-locking
bolt/washer, 125 Nm
(92 ft lb)
16 - Drive shaft Removing and
installing Page 40-43 Repairing Page 40-46 17 - Socket head multi-
point bolt, 45 Nm (33 ft
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18 - Hex bolt Camber adjustment
Page 44-1 Before loosening,
mark installation
position
19 - Hex bolt
20 - Bracket
21 - Stop
22 - Self-locking hex nut, 60 Nm (44 ft lb) Loosening and
tightening Fig. 1 23 - Suspension strut Disassembling and
assembling Page 40-23 24 - Self-locking hex nut, 95 Nm (70 ft lb)
25 - Tie rod Removing and
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Fig. 1 Suspension strut to body, loosening
and tightening Fig. 2 Hub, pressing out of wheel bearing
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Only use puller with leg clamp e.g. Kukko 204-2
(commercial type). Fig. 3 Inner race, pulling off hub Fig. 4 Wheel bearing, pressing out of wheel
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Fig. 5 Wheel bearing, pressing into wheel
bearing housing Fig. 6 Hub, pressing into wheel bearing
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Drive shaft, removing and installing
(Plus running gear)

Removing

- Loosen 12-point nut with vehicle standing on its
wheels.

- Disconnect drive shaft from transmission drive
flange. - Remove bolts (arrow -A-). - Loosen bolt (arrow -B-). - Separate connection between ball joint/control
arm. (First mark installation position). Note:
When pressing drive shaft out ensure sufficient
clearance is available. - Press drive shaft out. Install tool as shown in
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Installing

- Remove remains of locking fluid from outer joint
and hub splines. (Splines must be free of oil and
grease). - Apply locking fluid D 185 400 A2 to splines as
shown in illustration. Bead cross section approx. 3
mm.
- Install drive shaft. - Connect ball joint to control arm. - Install drive shaft to transmission flange shaft and
secure. Note: - Install 12-point nut to drive shaft and tighten. To tighten 12-point nut we recommend the angle
measuring wrench VAG 1756 or equivalent. Only loosen and tighten with vehicle standing on
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Tightening torques:
Drive shaft to flange shaft/transmission 45 Nm
(33 ft lb)
Drive shaft to wheel bearing 90 Nm (66 ft lb) and
housing turn 45 further (1
/
8 turn) Ball joint/control arm 35 Nm (26 ft lb) Page 45 of 82Front Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.40.1

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Drive shaft, repairing
Drive shafts on vehicles with Plus suspension
have shorter and finer splines on the outer joint.
The wheel bearing is secured by a 12-point nut.
The splines of the outer joint and the hub on Plus
suspensions are secured with locking fluid D 185
400 A2.
Drive shaft, removing and installing
Vehicles with Base suspension Page 40-14 Vehicles with Plus suspension Page 40-43
Note:
Grease quantity:
- - Outer constant velocity joint 100 g of G-6.3
grease

- - Inner constant velocity joint 110 g of G-6.3
grease
Greasing outer joint: press half of the grease
into the joint, and the other half evenly into the
boot.
Greasing inner joint: press half of the grease
into the inner joint from both sides, the other
half evenly into the boot.
When replacing the boot grease joint as
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