SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals > Leon Mk1 > Running gear | Running gear, axles, steering | Front suspension, drive shafts

Fitting

Before fitting clean any remains of paint or corrosion on the screw thread/cogs of the exterior joint.

–	Fit the half shaft

–	Insert the exterior joint as far as possible into the cogs of the wheel hub.

–	Before fitting the articulated half shaft, the following must be oiled:

t	The cogs of the exterior joint.

t	The cogs of the exterior joint.

t	The cogs of the wheel hub.

t	The contact surface and the thread of the dodecagonal nut

–	Insert the exterior joint into the hub until the exterior joint makes contact with the wheel bearing.

–	Bolt the ball joint to the swinging arm.

Hexagonal nuts → Item (bolts on the previous marks).

–	Unscrew the articulated half-shaft from the flanged shaft of the gearbox. → Item

–	Fit the deflector from the swinging arm.

–	Tighten the dodecagonal nut of the half-shaft.

Tightening torque: 50 Nm + 45º (¹/₈ turn) tighten again

If the tool is not available, the dodecagonal nut can be tightened using the following method.

–	Lower the vehicle until the wheels touch the ground.

–	Tighten the dodecagonal nut using a torque of 200 Nm and loosen by one turn.

–	Turn the nut to a torque of 50 Nm to begin.

–	Mark the head of the nut with a line -Arrow A-.

–	Mark a second line -arrow B- on the edge of the wheel hub, over the following notch.

–	Continue to turn the dodecagonal nut until the marks coincide.

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