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Removing and installing rubber boot
   
Removing and installing rubber boot
Special tools and workshop equipment required
t  Pliers for clamps -V.A.G 1275-
t  Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
t  Tool insert 24 mm -V.A.G 1332/11-
t  Locking pliers for Phaeton steering box -VAS 6199-

Carry out the following work:
Removal:
  Note
t  Moisture and dirt will enter the steering box if the rubber boot is defective. It should be possible to feel a film of lubricant on and around the teeth of the steering rack. Renew steering box if no film of lubricant can be felt.
t  The steering box must be replaced.
t  In the event of corrosion.
t  In the event of damage.
t  In the event of excessive wear
t  In the event of soiling on the steering rack.
–  Turn steering wheel to straight-ahead position.
–  Loosen wheel bolts.
–  Raise the vehicle.
–  Remove wheel.
–  Mark position of nut on track rod.
–  Remove track rod ball joint → Chapter.
–  Clean outside of steering box in vicinity of boot.
No dirt must be allowed to enter the steering box through a defective rubber boot during this operation.
–  Open hose clips.
–  Pull boot off steering box housing and track rod.
  Note
t  Renew complete steering box if there are signs of corrosion, damage, wear or dirt on the steering rack.
t  The complete steering box must also be renewed if there is no visible lubricating film on the steering rack.
Installation
  Caution
Do not grease steering rack.
–  Turn steering wheel to straight-ahead position.
–  Fit new hose clips and rubber boot onto track rod.
–  Lightly lubricate sealing surface between boot and track rod with grease -G 052 168 A1- (from repair kit Fuchs Renolit JP1619).
   
–  Push rubber boot -2- onto track rod -1- as shown in figure.
–  Secure spring-type hose clip onto rubber boot using hose clip pliers -V.A.G 1275-.
–  Lightly lubricate sealing surface between boot and steering box with grease -G 052 168 A1- (from repair kit Fuchs Renolit JP1619).
–  Push rubber boot onto steering box housing as far as it will go.
  N48-10076
–  Install new clamp, as shown in figure, with locking pliers for Phaeton steering box -VAS 6199-.
–  Screw in track rod ball joint up to mark made during removal and install → Chapter.
–  Install front wheel and tighten → Chapter.
–  Check wheel alignment → Chapter
–  If both track rods have been exchanged, basic setting must be carried out for steering angle sender -G85- → Vehicle diagnostic tester.
–  Then carry out basic setting of steering → Vehicle diagnostic tester.
  N48-10016
Specified torques
ComponentTightening torque
Track rod ball joint to track rod70 Nm

   

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