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Removing and installing airbag module > < Bleeding brake system without brake filling and bleeding unit

Passat (B3)

  • Running gear
  • Steering
  • Assembly overview - steering column, column tube, steering wheel and airbag steering wheel

Assembly overview - steering column, column tube, steering wheel and airbag steering wheel
Assembly overview - steering column, column tube, steering wheel and airbag steering wheel
Checking function of airbag system and reading fault memory → General body repairs; Rep. Gr.01.
Safety measures when working with airbag → General body repairs; Rep. Gr.68.
   
  Note
t  All parts marked with a 1) can be pre-assembled outside of the vehicle. → Anchor Pre-assembling steering column.
t  Renew self-locking nuts and bolts.
t  Welding and straightening work on steering components is not permitted.
1 - Cover plate
2 - Hexagon nut, 50 Nm
3 - Steering wheel
q   Install in central position.
4 - Airbag module
q   Removing and installing → Chapter.
5 - Steering wheel for airbag
q   Removing and installing → Chapter.
q   Removing and installing coil connector → Chapter.
6 - Hexagon socket head bolt, 9 Nm
q   Renew.
7 - Connector
8 - Splined adapter sleeve
q   Pulling off → Fig..
q   Installing → Fig..
9 - Spring
10 - Steering column switches / steering lock housing1)
q   Distance between steering wheel/steering column switch is not adjustable.
11 - Upper trim
12 - Support ring1)
q   With washer.
13 - Steering column1
q   Remove by pulling upwards out of column tube.
q   Check length → Fig..
14 - Hexagon bolt, 30 Nm
15 - Hexagon nut, 25 Nm
16 - Hexagon nut, 30 Nm
17 - Steering column universal joint
18 - Spring
19 - Lower steering column bearing
q   Pull in with multi-purpose tool -VW 771- and large washer.
q   Drive out downwards with a tube.
20 - Damping
q   Only vehicles with diesel engine.
q   Clipped in → Fig..
21 - Washer
22 - Shear-head bolt
q   Tighten until head shears off.
q   Drill out to remove.
23 - Shear-head bolt for vehicles with diesel engine
q   Tighten until head shears off.
q   Drill out to remove.
24 - Locking plate
q   Only vehicles with diesel engine.
25 - Column tube
26 - Lower trim

   
Pulling off splined adapter sleeve
Use puller with arm clamp only (e.g. -Kukko 204/2- commercially available).
  N48-0076
Installing splined adapter sleeve
–  Place “sleeve” on steering column and press on with hexagon nut.
–  Remove nut again, install washer and press “sleeve” fully on with nut until the “sleeve” is firmly on its seat.
  V48-0610
Checking length of steering column
The small metal lug on the lower section must be visible in the hole in the upper section -arrow-. If necessary pull both sections firmly apart onto stop or press together.
  V48-1125
Pre-assembling steering column
–  Carefully clamp lower section of steering column in a vice so that upper part is supported on jaws.
  V48-0594
Clipping in damper for column tube
–  Clip rubber into mounting on column tube.
  N48-0101

  • Running gear
  • Steering
  • Assembly overview - steering column, column tube, steering wheel and airbag steering wheel

Removing and installing airbag module > < Bleeding brake system without brake filling and bleeding unit