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Input Gear, Removing and Installing



4 Speed Automatic 01M


Input gear, removing and installing
Special tools and equipment





- VW 402 Thrust plate
- VW 407 Press tool
- VW 771 Multipurpose tool
- 30-205 Thrust plate
- 40-21 Press tool





- 40-105 Thrust plate
- V.A.G 1582 Tapered roller bearing puller
- V.A.G 1582/3 Grip
- V.A.G 1576
- Torque wrench

Note: Drive pinion and differential do not need to be removed.





1. Socket head fastener, 250 Nm
- Engage parking lock to remove and install
- Use 22 mm wrench socket
- Before installing socket head fastener insert axial needle bearing (item 7)
2. Dished washer
- Curved side faces socket head fastener
3. Shim
- Determining thickness
4. Tapered roller bearing inner race
- After measuring thickness of shim, fit onto input gear with locking fluid AMV 185 101 A1 see Fig. 3
5. Tapered roller bearing outer race
- Drive out with drift
- Drive in with 30-205
- Insert with locking fluid AMV 185 101 A1
6. Transmission housing
7. Axial needle bearing
- Install with flat side facing input gear
- Insert into input gear before installing socket head fastener (item 1)
8. Tapered roller bearing outer race
- Drive out with drift
- Drive in with 30-205 and appropriately long drift
- Insert with locking fluid AMV 185 101 A1
9. Tapered roller bearing inner race
- Pulling off see Fig. 1
- Pressing on see Fig. 2
- Insert with locking fluid AMV 185 101 A1 see Fig. 3
10. Input gear
- With impulse wheel for vehicle speed sensor -G68
- Number of teeth
- Adjusting
- If signs of damage exist, always replace input gear and output gear together
- Removing see Fig. 4
- If input gear is replaced, adjust planet carrier.





Fig. 1 Pulling off tapered roller bearing inner race
- Place thrust plate 40-105 on input gear.





Fig. 2 Pressing on tapered roller bearing inner race

Note: A press piece must be placed below the hub of the input gear to amid damaging it





Fig. 3 Inserting tapered roller bearing inner race
- Insert tapered roller bearing inner race with AMV 1 85101 A1 -arrow-.





Fig. 4 Removing input gear
- Insert socket head fastener without dished washer, shim and axial needle bearing far enough for gap size of "a" = 3 mm to exist between socket head fastener and tapered roller bearing inner race.
- Drive out input gear with VW 771 as far as stop of tapered roller bearing inner race.
- Remove VW 771 and take out input gear.