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I know it's a while back but people do search these things so, having just completed this job, I thought I'd throw my bit in.

Haynes manual says; 50Nm off the ground followed by 45 degrees on the ground.

Well that contradicts the unload +45 degrees from VW.

Oh well, going with German torque spec: Gutentight.

Seeing as this thread is still be added to, I think that I'll add in something that I ignored when I made my last comments about the front wheel bearing assembly.

Now that I've bought a new front/rear wheel bearing assembly for my 2011 Audi S4, I can see that on that car at least, the drive shaft's inner "area" will be acting as a "back stop" for the inner (nearest the drive shaft) area of the inner bearing, and the wheel hub acts as the "front stop" for the inner (nearest the drive shaft) area of the outer bearing - so the drive shaft bolt does effectively, when screwed into the drive shaft, force the outer and inner bearings tracks together.

When I made my previous comments, it seems like I had looked at the inner area of the Polo drive shaft and considered that it did not provide any form of "back stop" for the wheel bearing assembly - and that I must have be wrong there.

Edited to make what I wrote read "better".