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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Assembly overview - drive shaft, triple roller joint AAR3300i

This assembly overview covers the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 drive shaft with triple roller joint AAR3300i — the same 200 Nm plus 180° bolt torque and thread-cleaning requirement as the VL107 variant.

Assembly overview - drive shaft, triple roller joint AAR3300i

1 -  Bolt
Renew after removing
Loosening and tightening → Chapter
Before fitting, clean the threads in the CV joint using a thread tap.
200 Nm +180°
2 -  Outer constant velocity joint
Renew only as complete unit
Removing → Anchor.
Installing: drive onto shaft with plastic hammer until compressed circlip seats
Checking → Chapter
3 -  Retaining ring
Renew after removing
Insert in groove in shaft
4 -  Clamp
Renew after removing
Tightening → Fig.
5 -  Boot for constant velocity joint
Check for splits and chafing
Material: Hytrel (polyester elastomer)
6 -  Clamp
Renew after removing
Tightening → Fig.
7 -  Drive shaft
8 -  Triple roller star with rollers
The chamfer -arrow- points towards drive shaft splines.
Removing → Anchor.
9 -  Retaining ring
Renew after removing
Insert in groove in shaft
10 -  Clamp
Renew after removing
Tightening → Fig.
11 -  Boot for triple roller joint
Check for splits and chafing
12 -  Clamp
Renew after removing
Tightening → Fig.
13 -  Adapter
14 -  Joint body
Removing → Anchor.
15 -  Multi-point socket head bolt
M10 x 23
Initially tighten diagonally to 10 Nm and then tighten diagonally to specified torque.
70 Nm
16 -  Joint body
Removing → Anchor.
17 -  Retaining ring
Renew after removing
Insert in groove in shaft

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    Assembly overview - drive shaft, triple roller joint AAR3300i — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

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