Attention! The cardan shaft is balanced as an assembly.
Install the connecting bolt of the front and rear parts of the propeller shaft of the rear wheel drive with sealant.
Mark the relative position of the shaft and cross (arrows, fig. 10.40). Loosen the pinch bolt (1) and separate the component parts of the cardan shaft.
Remove spacer washer (12, see fig. 10.25) and anther (10).
Using fixtures «33.1.307» And «00.7.500» (pic. 10.41), pull off the intermediate bearing from the front of the cardan shaft and check the technical condition of the intermediate bearing, if necessary, replace it.
Install the intermediate bearing of the cardan shaft to the stop (pic. 10.42), using mandrel «24.0.090» (with a diameter of the inner hole of the support 30 mm) or mandrel «24.1.050» (with a diameter of the inner hole of the support 35 mm).
When assembling the cardan shaft, make sure that the marks match (see fig. 10.40) on its front and back.
Use new spacer (12) and connecting bolt (11, see fig. 10.25), making sure that there are no traces of grease on its threads.
Apply to the threaded part of the pinch bolt (11) sealant type «Loctite 648» and wrap it with a torque of 97 Nm (9.7 kgf·m).
Install the intermediate support on the car body and tighten the new self-locking nuts to a torque of 21 Nm (2.1 kgf·m).