Octavia Mk1: Running gear
Also for this vehicle: Octavia Mk2.
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Chassis305 pages
Technical Data › Technical data7 pages
Front suspension, drive shafts23 pages
Repairing front wheel suspension15 pages
- l - Summary of components assembly carrier, anti-roll bar, track control arm
- Removing and installing the track control arm
- Pressing out and in the bearing for the track control arm
- Removing and installing assembly carrier
- Pressing out and in rubber-metal bearing
- II - Summary of components of the wheel bearing, suspension strut, drive shaft, brake
- Repairing wheel bearing housing
- Inspecting the steering joint
- Removing and installing the steering joint
- Remove and install suspension strut and wheel bearing housing
- Repairing the suspension strut
- Inspecting the shock absorber
- Disposing of the shock absorber
- Removing and installing a drive shaft
Repairing drive shaft8 pages
- Repairing drive shaft with outer and inner CV joint VL 3700
- Inspecting outer CV joint
- Inspecting inner CV joint
- Repairing drive shaft with inner tripod joint AAR 2900 and outer CV joint
- Disassembling and assembling the tripod joint AAR 2900
- Repairing drive shaft with inner tripod joint AAR 2000 and outer CV joint
- Disassembling and assembling the tripod joint AAR 2000
Rear suspension, drive shaft37 pages
Repairing rear axle - drum brake8 pages
- Removing and installing rear suspension
- Summary of components of rear axle
Replacing the rubber-metal bearing3 pages
- Removing and installing shock absorber/spring
- Disassembling and assembling shock absorber
Repairing rear axle - disc brake8 pages
- Removing and installing rear suspension
- Summary of components of rear axle
Replacing the rubber-metal bearing3 pages
- Removing and installing shock absorber/spring
- Disassembling and assembling shock absorber
Repairing the wheel bearing3 pages
Repairing rear axle (vehicles with four-wheel drive)5 pages
Trailing arm and suspension arm - Summary of components6 pages
Summary of components - Assembly carrier with final drive4 pages
Repairing drive shaft3 pages
Wheels, tyres. axle align22 pages
Vehicle alignment13 pages
- General points
- Test conditions
- Measurement preliminaries
- Chassis terms
- Nominal values for vehicle alignment
- Checking the transversal inclination of the vehicle
- Checking the camber on the front axle, if necessary take the mean
- Checking the camber on the rear axle
- Checking the track on the rear axle, if necessary taking the mean/adjusting
- Checking the track on the front axle, adjusting if necessary
- Checking the left and right steering angle
- Calculation of the misalignment on the rear axle
Vehicles with tyre repair set5 pages
ABS, ADR, TCS, EDL, ESP113 pages
Antilock braking system (ABS) ITT Mark 20 IE4 pages
Distinguishing features of the ABS ITT Mark 20 IE and the ABS/EDL ITT Mark 20 IE5 pages
Perform self-diagnosis14 pages
- Test requirements
- Connecting vehicle system tester V.A.G 1552 and selecting function
- Interrogating control unit version
- Overview of selectable functions
- Interrogating fault memory
- Automatic test sequence
- Fault table
- Erasing fault memory
- Ending output
- Coding control unit
- Reading measured value block
- Actuator diagnosis
- Basic setting
Electrical test of the ABS and ABS/EDL ITT Mark 20 IE5 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 207 pages
- Removing and installing the hydraulic control unit and the bracket
- Repairing the hydraulic control unit
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the front axle
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the rear axle (disc brake and drum brake) - front-wheel drive
- Removing and installing as well as adjusting brake light switch up to model year 1999
- Removing and installing as well as adjusting brake light switch as of model year 2000
- Summary of Components of Hydraulic Control Unit, Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 20
Self-diagnosis of the ABS/EDL for four-wheel drive vehicles with Haldex coupling9 pages
- Interrogating control unit version
- Fault table for the ABS/EDL of four-wheel drive vehicles with Haldex coupling
- Code ABS/EDL control unit
- Check longitudinal acceleration sender G251
- Checking the data BUS cable
- Initiating basic setting
- Switch off longitudinal acceleration sender G251
- Null balance of the longitudinal acceleration sender G251
Electrical test of the ABS/EDL for four-wheel drive vehicles with Haldex coupling2 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations (four-wheel drive)3 pages
Antilock braking system ABS/ EDL/ESP Mark 204 pages
Distinguishing features of the ABS/EDL ITT Mark 20 IE and the ABS/EDL/ESP ITT Mark 20 IE4 pages
Self-diagnosis of the ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 204 pages
Electrical test of the ABS/EDL/ESP ITT Mark 20 IE6 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/ESP Mark 207 pages
- Removing and installing the hydraulic control unit ABS/EDL/ESP and the bracket
- Repairing the hydraulic control unit ABS/EDL/ESP
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the front axle
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the rear axle (disc brake and drum brake) - front-wheel drive
- Removing and installing parts of the ESP system
- Removing and installing as well as setting the brake light switch
- Summary of Components of Hydraulic Control Unit, Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS/EDL/ESP Mark 20
Antilock braking system (ABS) MK607 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/TCS Mark 605 pages
- Summary of Components of Hydraulic Control Unit, Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder ABS/EDL/TCS Mark 60
Electrical test ABS/EDL/ TCS Mark 604 pages
Antilock braking system ABS/ EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 604 pages
- Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 60 ? MY 02
- Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 60 MY 02 ?
Distinguishing features ABS/EDL/TCS Mark 60 and ABS/EDL/TCS/ ESP Mark 603 pages
Self-diagnosis of the ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 603 pages
Electrical test ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 604 pages
Brake, brake mechanics33 pages
Repairing the front brake7 pages
- Changing the brake pads of the front brake - Mounting instructions
- Repairing front brake, the floating caliper disc brake FS-III
- Removing and installing brake pads/brake caliper (FS III)
- Repairing the front wheel brake, brake caliper FN -3
- Removing and installing brake pads/brake caliper FN 3
- Removing and installing brake discs (FN 3)
Repairing rear wheel brake - front wheel drive (drum brake)7 pages
Repairing rear wheel-brake - front-wheel drive (disc brake)5 pages
- Removing and installing hand-brake cable (drum brake)
- Removing and installing hand-brake cable (disc brake)
- Handbrake lever - Summary of components
Repairing rear wheel-brake - four-wheel drive (disc brake)5 pages
- Remove and install hand-brake cable, four-wheel drive/disc brake
Brakes, hydraulics, regulator, servo42 pages
Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles without ABS or with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 209 pages
- Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles without ABS or with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 20 - LHD vehicl
- Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles without ABS or with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 20 - RHD vehicl
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - RHD vehicles
- Check brake servo unit
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - RHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the vacuum pump for the brake servo unit
Repairing the front brake caliper, brake caliper FS - III3 pages
Repairing the front brake caliper, brake caliper FN 33 pages
Repairing the rear brake caliper4 pages
- Summary of components of the brake caliper
Removing and installing the rear brake caliper piston2 pages
- Summary of components of brake-power regulator
Inspecting and adjusting the brake-power regulator2 pages
Bleed brake system, vehicles with or without ABS or ABS/EDL Mark 20 and Mark 604 pages
- Checking the master brake cylinder for tightness
Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS/EDL/ESP Mark 208 pages
- Removing and installing brake pressure sender 1 G201 and brake pressure sender 2 G214
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - RHD vehicles
- Check brake servo unit
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - RHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the vacuum pump for the brake servo unit
Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 607 pages
Steering28 pages
Steering column and steering wheel with airbag4 pages
Summary of components of power-steering gear - LHD vehicles12 pages
- Removing and installing hydraulic oil reservoir
- Removing and installing the power-steering gear - LHD vehicles
- Repairing power-steering gear (ZF)
- Modified track rod ends
- Modified track rods
- Disposing of the power-steering gear
- Adjusting the power-steering gear (ZF)
- Check the hydraulic oil level of the power-assisted steering, top up if necessary
- Draining, filling and bleeding the power-assisted steering system
- Checking the power steering system for leaks
- Power steering noises
Summary of components of power-steering gear - RHD vehicles4 pages
Summary of components: Vane pump for power-assisted steering4 pages
Removing and installing vane pump4 pages
Brake systems192 pages
ABS, ADR, TCS, EDL, ESP113 pages
Antilock braking system (ABS) ITT Mark 20 IE4 pages
Distinguishing features of the ABS ITT Mark 20 IE and the ABS/EDL ITT Mark 20 IE5 pages
Perform self-diagnosis14 pages
- Test requirements
- Connecting vehicle system tester V.A.G 1552 and selecting function
- Interrogating control unit version
- Overview of selectable functions
- Interrogating fault memory
- Automatic test sequence
- Fault table
- Erasing fault memory
- Ending output
- Coding control unit
- Reading measured value block
- Actuator diagnosis
- Initiating basic setting
Electrical test of the ABS and ABS/EDL ITT Mark 20 IE5 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 207 pages
- Removing and installing the hydraulic control unit and the bracket
- Repairing the hydraulic control unit
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the front axle
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the rear axle (disc brake and drum brake) - front-wheel drive
- Removing and installing as well as adjusting brake light switch up to model year 1999
- Removing and installing as well as adjusting brake light switch as of model year 2000
- Summary of Components of Hydraulic Control Unit, Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 20
Self-diagnosis of the ABS/EDL for four-wheel drive vehicles with Haldex coupling9 pages
- Interrogating control unit version
- Fault table for the ABS/EDL of four-wheel drive vehicles with Haldex coupling
- Code ABS/EDL control unit
- Check longitudinal acceleration sender G251
- Checking the data BUS cable
- Initiating basic setting
- Switch off longitudinal acceleration sender G251
- Null balance of the longitudinal acceleration sender G251
Electrical test of the ABS/EDL for four-wheel drive vehicles with Haldex coupling2 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations (four-wheel drive)3 pages
Antilock braking system ABS/ EDL/ESP Mark 204 pages
Distinguishing features of the ABS/EDL ITT Mark 20 IE and the ABS/EDL/ESP ITT Mark 20 IE4 pages
Self-diagnosis of the ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 204 pages
Electrical test of the ABS/EDL/ESP ITT Mark 20 IE6 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/ESP Mark 207 pages
- Removing and installing the hydraulic control unit ABS/EDL/ESP and the bracket
- Repairing the hydraulic control unit ABS/EDL/ESP
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the front axle
- Checking/removing and installing parts of the ABS system on the rear axle (disc brake and drum brake) - front-wheel drive
- Removing and installing parts of the ESP system
- Removing and installing as well as setting the brake light switch
- Summary of Components of Hydraulic Control Unit, Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS/EDL/ESP Mark 20
Antilock braking system (ABS) MK607 pages
Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/TCS Mark 605 pages
- Summary of Components of Hydraulic Control Unit, Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder ABS/EDL/TCS Mark 60
Electrical test ABS/EDL/ TCS Mark 604 pages
Antilock braking system ABS/ EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 604 pages
- Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 60 ? MY 02
- Electric/electronic components and fitting locations ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 60 MY 02 ?
Distinguishing features ABS/EDL/TCS Mark 60 and ABS/EDL/TCS/ ESP Mark 603 pages
Self-diagnosis of the ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 603 pages
Electrical test ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 604 pages
Brake, brake mechanics33 pages
Repairing the front brake7 pages
- Changing the brake pads of the front brake - Mounting instructions
- Repairing front brake, the floating caliper disc brake FS-III
- Removing and installing brake pads/brake caliper (FS III)
- Repairing the front wheel brake, brake caliper FN -3
- Removing and installing brake pads/brake caliper FN 3
- Removing and installing brake discs (FN 3)
Repairing rear wheel brake - front wheel drive (drum brake)7 pages
Repairing rear wheel-brake - front-wheel drive (disc brake)5 pages
- Remove and install hand-brake cable (front-wheel drive/drum brake)
- Remove and install hand-brake cable (front-wheel drive/disc brake)
- Handbrake lever - Summary of components
Repairing rear wheel-brake - four-wheel drive (disc brake)5 pages
- Remove and install hand-brake cable, four-wheel drive/disc brake
Brakes, hydraulics, regulator, servo43 pages
Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles without ABS or with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 209 pages
- Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles without ABS or with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 20 - LHD vehicl
- Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles without ABS or with ABS, ABS/EDL Mark 20 - RHD vehicl
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - RHD vehicles
- Check brake servo unit
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - RHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the vacuum pump for the brake servo unit
Repairing the front brake caliper, brake caliper FS - III3 pages
Repairing the front brake caliper, brake caliper FN 33 pages
Repairing the rear brake caliper4 pages
- Summary of components of brake-power regulator
Inspecting and adjusting the brake-power regulator2 pages
Bleeding brake system5 pages
- Checking the master brake cylinder for tightness
Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS/EDL/ESP Mark 208 pages
- Removing and installing brake pressure sender 1 G201 and brake pressure sender 2 G214
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the master brake cylinder - RHD vehicles
- Check brake servo unit
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - LHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the brake servo unit - RHD vehicles
- Removing and installing the vacuum pump for the brake servo unit
Summary of components: Brake Servo Unit/Master Brake Cylinder for vehicles with ABS/EDL/TCS/ESP Mark 607 pages