Removal and installation the axle shaft (Audi 100 C3)

Front wheel drive

• 1 - nut;
• 2 - half shaft;
• 3 - locking plate;
• 4 - bolt;
• 5 - washer;
• 6 - lid

Model	Length of the axle shaft
	right	left
With 4-cylinder engines:
– with manual transmission	579,20	540,70
– with automatic transmission	540,70	590,50
With 5-cylinder engines:
– with manual transmission	550,90	550,90
– with automatic transmission	529,10	582,80

Removal

1. Apply the parking brake to the vehicle and place chocks under the rear wheels.

2. Loosen the front wheel mounting bolts and unscrew nut 1 of the axle shaft mounting.

3. Raise and support the front of the vehicle.

4. Finally, loosen the mounting bolts and remove the front wheel.

5. On models with an automatic transmission, remove the stabilizer bar cushion clips and disconnect the stabilizer bar from the steering knuckle.

6. Unscrew bolts 4 securing the inner CV joint to the axle flange and remove them with locking plates 3.

7. Move the axle shaft upward, disconnecting it from the axle shaft flange.

8. Turn the steering wheel all the way to the left when removing the left axle shaft or to the right when removing the right axle shaft.



9. Press the splined part of the axle shaft out of the wheel hub using a puller and remove the axle shaft from the vehicle.

Installation

1. Clean the hub and axle splines from dirt and residues of special glue and wipe them with gasoline.

2. Apply special D6 glue to the axle shaft splines (only on models produced before January 1988 and on models with automatic transmission) to a length of 5-6 mm from the end of the splined part. After this, a test drive can only be made after 60 minutes to allow the glue to harden.

3. Insert the axle shaft into the wheel hub.

4. Connect the axle shaft to the flange and tighten the M10 mounting bolts with locking plates to a torque of 80 N·m (8.0 kgf·m) or M8 to a torque of 45 N·m (4.5 kgf·m).

5. On models with automatic transmission, connect the anti-roll bar.

6. Install the wheel and tighten the mounting bolts.

7. Fit a new hub mounting nut (on models produced after January 1988 – a special bolt).

8. Lower the car onto its wheels.

9. Tighten the nut to 280 N·m (28.0 kgf·m). On models produced after January 1988, tighten the special bolt to 200 N·m (20.0 kgf·m), then tighten it an additional quarter turn (90°).

10. Tighten the wheel mounting bolts evenly to a torque of 110 N·m (11.0 kgf·m).