Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing outer joint of drive shaft Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Extractor -MP6-425 (3283)- t  Polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2- t  Glue sealing mass -Loctite 601- Removing: –  Unscrew twelve-point nut from the drive shaft → Chapter. –  Remove front wheel.   Note When replacing the track control arm -2- or the ball joint -1- the installation position of the screws for the steering joint -arrows- to the track control arm and the installation position of the steering joint to the track control arm is not marked.

–  Mark fitting position of screws -arrows- from steering joint -1- to track control arm -2-. –  Mark installation position of the steering joint -1- for the track control arm -2-. –  Release screws -arrows-. –  Slide the steering joint -1- with wheel-bearing housing out of the bottom track control arm -2- –  Swivel out the wheel-bearing housing with the suspension strut and simultaneously take the drive shaft out of the wheel-bearing housing. Tie up drive shaft.   Note t  The drive shaft must not hang down! The inner joint can be damaged by excessive offset.

t  If the drive shaft cannot be pulled out of the wheel-bearing housing, e.g. for removal use the extractor -MP6-425 (3283)- Installing:   Note Remove possible corrosion and grease residue from the thread and from the serration of the outer joint as well as from the serration of the wheel-bearing housing. Vehicles with mechanical steering –  Smear the drive shaft lightly with adhesive sealing material -Loctite 601 -.    Do not grease thread on the outer joint of the drive shaft. Vehicles with power steering –  Grease the serration on the propeller shaft with polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2-.    Do not grease thread on the outer joint of the drive shaft. –  Grease the serration in the wheel hub with polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2-. Continued for all vehicles

–  Swivel out the wheel-bearing housing with the suspension strut and push the drive shaft joint into the serration of the wheel-bearing housing. Insert the steering joint -1- at the same time into the bottom track control arm -2-. –  Secure the outer joint of the drive shaft with a new twelve-point nut.   Note Use new screws and new lock washer to screw the steering joint/track control arm.

–  Position the track control arm -2- and steering joint -1- relatively to each other in such a way that the holes -arrows- of the track control arm and steering joint are flush. For better fixing use two drifts with a Ø 8.3 mm or two drill bits also with a Ø 8.3 mm.

–  Screw the track control arm -2- and the steering joint -1- with the new screws -arrows- and new lock washer and tighten (for „marked fitting position“ see removal - tighten in the marked fitting position).   Note Make sure the steering joint boot is neither damaged nor twisted. –  Tighten new twelve-point nut for securing the drive shaft → Chapter –  Tighten wheel. –  Perform chassis alignment → Chapter. –  Perform a test drive.   Caution If after the test drive and with the front wheels pointing straight ahead the steering wheel is off straight, perform a chassis alignment → Chapter.

Tightening torques:

Twelve-point nut for securing the drive shaft to wheel hub with mechanical steering t  Use new nuts! t  Do not grease thread of the outer joint of the drive shaft.	50 Nm
Twelve-point nut for securing the drive shaft to wheel hub with power-assisted steering t  Use new nut! t  Do not grease thread of the outer joint of the drive shaft.	50 Nm + 45°
Steering joint to track control arm t  Use new screws! t  Use new lock washer!	20 Nm + 90°
Wheel bolts	120 Nm