Removing and installing bellows

Make

Skoda

Model

Octavia Mk2

Section

Steering › Repairing electro-mechanical steering gear › Removing and installing bellows

Running gearRemoving and installing bellows

Removing and installing bellows Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Clamp pliers for steering gear e.g. - VAS 6199- t  Hose strap pliers e.g. -V.A.G 1275- Removing bellows:   Note If bellows are defective humidity and dirt penetrates into the steering gear. In the area of the serration on the gear rack, a tangible grease film must be present. If the grease film is not present, the steering gear must be replaced. Also if there is corrosion, damage or wear to the gear rack, the steering gear must be replaced. –  Turn steering wheel to the straight ahead position. –  Remove wheel. –  Clean outside of steering gear in the area of the bellows. While doing so, no dirt must get into the steering gear through the defective bellows.

–  Mark the position of the nut -3- on the track rod. –  Release nut -3- while counterholding the track rod end -2-. –  Release spring strap clamp -1- with hose binding claw -V.A.G 1275- from bellows and slide the bellows onto the track rod towards the wheel. –  Remove open warm-type clamp and pull off bellows from steering gear housing. –  Rotate the track rod out of the track rod end. –  Remove bellows with spring strap clamp from the track rod.   Note t  If corrosion, damage, wear or traces of dirt are visible on the gear rack, the steering gear must be replaced completely. t  If no grease film is visible on the gear rack, the steering gear must also be replaced completely. Install bellows Before installing, the gear rack must be coated with the grease -G 052 192 A1- supplied with the repair kit.   Caution Never use another grease. To do so, turn the steering consecutively to both sides up to the stop. To provide a clearer illustration, the picture shows a removed steering gear. –  Detach open warm-type clamp on the other side of the steering gear and pull off bellows from steering gear housing.

–  Grease gear rack on the side of the gear -A- and on the pressure plate side with grease -G 052 192 A1-. –  Turn steering wheel to the straight ahead position. –  Re-insert the bellows on the other side of the steering gear with the new warm-type clamp.

–  Clamp new open warm-type clamp with clamp pliers for steering gear, e. g. -VAS 6199- as far as shown in the figure. –  Inspect bellows for wear »cuts, splits«; replace if necessary. –  Fit the bellows with the new warm-type clamp and the spring strap clamp onto the track rod. –  Screw in track rod to the set marking when removing.

–  Tighten counternut -3- with a torque wrench while counterholding the track rod end -2-.

–  Slide bellows -2-, as shown in the illustration, onto the track rod -1-. –  Secure spring strap clamp onto the bellows with hose binding claw e.g. -V.A.G 1275-. –  Slide bellows onto the steering gear housing.

–  Clamp new open warm-type clamp with clamp pliers for steering gear, e. g. -VAS 6199- as far as shown in the figure. Further installation occurs in reverse order. After the installation, the vehicle must be aligned → Chapter. –  Perform basic setting of the steering angle sender -G85- using → Vehicle diagnostic tester. –  Perform basic setting of the steering → Vehicle diagnostic tester.

Tightening torques:

Track rod end to track rod	55 Nm
Wheel bolts	120 Nm

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