Front Final Drive Cover

Front Final Drive Cover

Removing

• General Repair Instructions, refer to => [ Repair Information ] Repair Information.

• Automatic transmission clean working conditions, refer to => [ Clean Working Conditions ] Clean Working Conditions.

- Remove the left flange shaft. Refer to => [ Left Flange Shaft ] Left Flange Shaft.

- Remove the old circlip from the groove in the flange shaft using the new circlip - A -.


Make sure the right flange shaft is installed before removing front final drive cover. Otherwise differential can fall out of transmission housing.

- Tighten bolts on front final drive cover in sequence - 11 to 1 -.






• Slowly and carefully remove front final driver cover from transmission housing. Otherwise differential can fall out of transmission.

• A differential that has fallen out can no longer be installed. If differential falls out, transmission must be replaced.

• Make sure the differential bearing race and adjustment shims do not fall out of the transmission housing and front final drive cover.

• Bearing races and adjustments that have fallen out cannot be allocated with shop equipment.

- Secure differential - arrow - against falling out.





Installing

- Make sure the magnet - arrow - under plastic cover in front final drive cover is installed.





- Replace O-ring - 1 - in front final drive cover.





- Check cover for secure seating - 2 -.

- Check differential - arrow - for correct seating in transmission.





- Position front final drive cover on transmission housing.





- Replace all bolts on front final drive cover.

- If present, install shield - B - between final drive cover and bolt - 1 -.

• The shield - B - should protect the bleeder hole - arrow A - from dirt and water.

Tightening sequence:






• The 3 bolts with spacer washers are inserted in the places marked with the - arrows -.

• Use original bolts.

• Transmissions, not equipped with spacer washers, only have bolts without a spacer washer installed at the locations marked with - arrows -.

- Tighten bolts on front final drive cover in 2 stages in sequence shown as follows:

- Stage: Hand-tighten bolts in sequence - 1 to 11 -.

- Stage: Tighten bolts in sequence - 1 to 11 - in several stages to tightening specification.

- Check left flange shaft seal, replace if necessary. Refer to => [ Left Flange Shaft Seal ] Left Flange Shaft Seal

- Install the left flange shaft. Refer to => [ Left Flange Shaft ] Left Flange Shaft.

- Fill with gear oil and then check the oil level in the front final drive.


There is a risk of damaging the transmission.

The multitronic 01J transmission require different axle oil depending on the version. Only axle oil for Multitronic which can be obtained as a replacement part must be used in front final drive.

Tightening Specifications