SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

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-

Removing boot   Note 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. If there is no film of grease, the steering box must be renewed. Also renew steering box if there are signs of corrosion, damage or wear on the steering rack. –  Turn steering wheel to straight-ahead position. –  Remove wheel. –  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.

–  Mark position of nut -arrow 3- on track rod. –  Loosen nut -arrow 3-, counterholding on track rod ball joint -arrow 2-. –  Loosen spring-type clamp -arrow 1- on boot using hose clip pliers -V.A.G 1275- and push onto track rod. –  Remove hose clip and detach rubber boot from steering box housing. –  Now unscrew track rod from track rod ball joint. –  Detach rubber boot with spring-type hose clip from 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. Installing boot   Caution Do not grease steering rack. –  Turn steering wheel to straight-ahead position. –  Fit new hose clips and rubber boot onto track rod. –  Screw in track rod until the mark applied upon removal is just visible.

–  Tighten lock nut -3- to torque (counterhold track rod ball joint -2- for this purpose). –  Lightly lubricate seal point 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 seal point 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.

–  Install new clamp, as shown in figure, with locking pliers for Phaeton steering box -VAS 6199-. Perform remaining installation in reverse order of removal. Wheel alignment must be checked after installing. –  Check wheel alignment → Chapter –  If both boots have been exchanged, basic setting must be carried out for steering angle sender -G85- using → Vehicle diagnostic tester. –  Then carry out basic setting of steering → Vehicle diagnostic tester.

Specified torques

Component	Tightening torque
Track rod ball joint to track rod	70 Nm