Volkswagen Tiguan Service and Repair Manual: Input Shaft
Overview - Input Shaft
Note
- Warm the toothed gear to approximately 100 ºC (212 ºF) using Inductive
Heater -VAS6414-. Wear protective gloves.
- Install all input shaft bearings with transmission fluid.
- Replace grooved ball bearing after removing.
![Volswagen Tiguan. Overview - Input Shaft](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4019.png)
- Circlip
- For grooved ball bearing/input shaft
- Removing and installing.
- The thickness must be determined again on transmissions with
reinforcement measures (⇒ manual transmission 0FB, for CC, Passat, Golf.
- Transmission Housing
- Circlip
- Select when replacing the grooved ball bearing and the input shaft.
- Grooved Ball Bearing
- Replace after removing the drive axle
- Removing.
- Installation position.
- Installing.
- 5th Gear Wheel
- Available as a replacement part together with the input shaft
- Removing.
- Installed position: the surrounding groove -arrow- points toward
grooved ball bearing
- Installing.
- Input Shaft
- With 3rd/4th and 6th gear wheel
- Cylindrical Roller Bearing
- With circlip
- Removing.
- Installing.
- Installed position: the circlip in bearing points to input shaft
- Clutch Housing
Input Shaft, Disassembling and Assembling
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Press Plate -VW401-
- Press Plate -VW402-
- Press Piece - Rod -VW407-
- Press Piece - Rod -VW408A-
- Press Piece - Rod -VW412-
- Press Piece - Multiple Use -VW454-
- Press Piece - Front Control Arm -2040-
- Press Piece - Bushing - 50mm Diameter -VW432-
- Bearing Installer - Multiple Use -32-111-
- Inductive Heater -VAS6414-
- -1-Puller - Kukko Internal - 28-37mm -21/5-
- -3-Puller - Kukko Quick Action Separating Tool - 22-115mm -17/2-
- -4-Puller - Kukko Counterstay -22/2- Feeler Gauge
Input Shaft, Disassembling
- Remove the grooved ball bearing locking ring.
Removing the Grooved Ball Bearing
- Mount the Separating Tool-A- into the groove in the ball bearing for the
locking ring.
- Puller - Kukko Quick Action Separating Tool - 22-115mm -17/2-, for
example.
- The grooved ball bearing and 5th gear wheel can also be removed
together. To do this, place the Separating Tool-A- as shown in the following
illustration under the 5th gear wheel.
![Volswagen Tiguan. A35-10495](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4020.png)
Removing the 5th Gear Wheel
- Puller - Kukko Quick Action Separating Tool - 22-115mm -17/2-, for
example
Input Shaft, Assembling
![Volswagen Tiguan. N35-10002](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4021.png)
Warming the 5th Gear Wheel and Installing
- The groove -arrow- on the gear wheel must face up.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N35-10003](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4022.png)
Grooved Ball Bearing Installation Location and Installing the Grooved Ball
Bearing
- Grooved ball bearing installation location: the groove for the circlip
faces up -arrow A-. The collar -arrow B- must face the 5th gear wheel.
- Then select the grooved ball bearing locking ring and install it on the
input shaft.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N35-10004](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4023.png)
Selecting the Locking Ring
- Insert a 1.86 mm locking ring -A- into groove in the input shaft and
press it upward.
- Measure the gap between the grooved ball bearing -B- and the installed
locking ring -A- with a feeler gauge -C-.
- Remove the locking ring used for the measurement.
- Select the locking ring according to the Table.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N35-10005](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4024.png)
Note
Allocate the correct locking rings. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
The following locking rings are available:
Measured Value (mm) |
Circlip
Thickness (mm) |
Axial Play
(mm) |
0.01 to 0.05 |
1.86 |
0.01 to 0.05 |
0.05 to 0.07 |
1.89 |
0.01 to 0.05 |
0.07 to 0.10 |
1.92 |
0.01 to 0.05 |
0.10 to 0.13 |
1.95 |
0.01 to 0.05 |
0.13 to 0.16 |
1.98 |
0.01 to 0.05 |
Removing the Cylindrical Roller Bearing from the Clutch Housing
- Compress the cylindrical roller bearing locking ring -arrow- with pliers
-C- and remove it.
- Puller - Kukko Counterstay -Kukko 22/2-, for example.
- Puller - Kukko Internal - 28-37mm -21/5-, for example.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N35-10006](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4025.png)
Pressing Cylindrical Roller Bearing into Clutch Housing.
- Compress the cylindrical roller bearing locking ring -arrow- with pliers
-C- and install it.
- Remove the pliers before the cylindrical roller bearing gets into its
installed position. The locking ring must lock into the groove on the clutch
housing.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N35-10007](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4026.png)
Input Shaft Seal, Replacing
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Puller - Crankshaft/Power Steering Seal -T20143/1-
- Seal Installer - Drive Axle -T40008-
- Sealing Grease
- Grease allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
- Remove manual transmission.
- Remove the clutch slave cylinder with release bearing
- Pry the input shaft seal out.
![Volswagen Tiguan. A34-0614](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4027.png)
Note
Be careful not to damage the contact surface for the seal on the input shaft.
- Fill the space on the new seal between the sealing/dust lip halfway with
Sealing Grease.
- Coat the outer circumference of the seal lightly with transmission
fluid.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N32-10016](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4028.png)
- Install the input shaft seal so that it is flush.
- Install the clutch slave cylinder with release bearing.
- Install manual transmission.
![Volswagen Tiguan. N34-1017](/images/manuals/466/vw_tiguan_input_shaft_4029.png)
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