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Caution
While pulling out the flange shaft (left-side), it must be held
centrally to avoid damaging the oil seal between the final drive
and the gearbox housing.
– Pull flange shaft -A- (left-side) out of gearbox, making sure that
shaft remains centered in opening at differential -arrow-.
– Remove torque converter.
– Extract ATF from torque converter ⇒ page 17 .
Caution
The self-locking centre differential can drop out of the gearbox
when the centre differential housing is removed.
– Loosen bolts -arrows- on housing for centre differential in di‐
agonal sequence and remove bolts.
– Slowly and carefully pull housing for centre differential off
gearbox.
– Pull self-locking centre differential -arrow- off input shaft.
– Take off shim -1-.
Audi A6 2005 ➤ , Audi A8 2003 ➤
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