SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Bottom steering link: Removing and installing Consult the equivalence table for tools and equipment according to applicability between Seat / VW / Audi / Skoda → Chapter. Special tools and workshop equipment required

t  Engine and gearbox lifter -V.A.G 1383 A-, see equivalency → Anchor

t  Ball joint separator -T40010 -, see equivalency → Anchor t  Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-, see equivalent → Anchor. Removal: –  Remove wheel. –  Secure brake disc with wheel bolt. –  Remove the brake caliper and attach it to the bodywork such that neither the hose nor the brake line are loaded → Brake liner; Rep. gr. 46, if the clamp extractor -T40010- cannot be set on. –  Thread off the nut of the steering link until the threads of the joint close smoothly. If necessary, counter-hold the joint with a 4-mm internal socket (Allen) key.

–  Pull out the joint of the steering link with the clamp extractor - T40010 - from its taper seat.   Note t  Do not damage the joint protection sleeve! t  Make sure the two lever arms of the puller are parallel when maximum force is exerted. –  Position engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- with suitable wooden block under subframe and press subframe upwards lightly. –  Remove the cross-member of the gearbox → Chapter. –  Lower subframe slightly with engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A-. Take care not to damage the underseal or the surfaces of the brake pipes.

–  Loosen and remove screw joint -1-. –  Remove the bottom steering link. Installation Installation is carried out in the reverse sequence; note the following:   Note Bonded rubber bushes can only be turned to a limited extent. The mountings of the suspension links must therefore only be tightened when the suspension is in the unladen position → Chapter.

–  Mount the steering link and tighten the screw joint -1-. –  Tighten nut of the joint → Item of the track control link to the specified tightening torque.

–  Tighten the screw joint -1- with the specified tightening torque. → Item –  Fit the cross-member of the gearbox → Chapter. –  Assemble the brake disk → Brake system; Rep. gr.46. –  Mount the wheels and the tighten the wheel bolts → Running gear, axles, steering; Rep. gr.44