# 1994 Volkswagen Passat - removing the axle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-volkswagen-passat-removing-the-axle/176072>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen, passat\
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-volkswagen-passat-removing-the-axle/176072 "2021-04-09T22:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrancisPicklesimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@FrancisPicklesimer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FrancisPicklesimer)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-volkswagen-passat-removing-the-axle/176072/1 "2021-04-09T22:02:49Z")

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Replacing left front axle, hub, and bearing. Trans bolts out, axle nut off, how do you get the axle out! Have the VR6 with manual tranny.

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-volkswagen-passat-removing-the-axle/176072/2 "2021-04-10T12:51:29Z")

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You can remove knuckle bolts and pull knuckle out enough to get axle out. But your camber will be tweaked. Inner axle will separate at trans flange.