1996 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT boot

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- Open hose clips and push boot back. Note:
Use vice clamps, check vice clamps for impurities
e.g. metal filings or similar and thoroughly remove.
Installing
Installing tie rod without locking fluid D6.
Install in reverse order. Tightening torque: 70 Nm (52
ft lb)
Installing tie rods with locking fluid D6
If parts are reused, it is essential to clean any residue
of locking fluid off the threaded studs of the inner joint
or the thread tapped hole as described below.
Otherwise there is a danger of the thread being
damaged when being reinstalled or removed. - Clamp steering gear with rack in a vice. - Remove tie rod. Page 78 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1

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Boot, installing Note: - Check boot for wear (cuts, cracks) and ensure
sealing surfaces are clean.
- Install boot, but first turn the tie rod so that the tie
rod ball joint shank is in the installation position.
- Install pressure balance line. Do not damage sticker -A- when pushing the boot
on (only on TRW power steering gears). Make sure that the boot and the pressure balance
line are installed correctly. During assembly of the boot ensure that the bead -
arrows- contacts the housing. Only use genuine hose clips -B- 1 - Boot 2 - Housing Page 81 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1

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1 - Hose clamp 2 - Pressure compensating tube 3 - Boot 4 - Approx. 90 - Tension hose clamps with pliers VAG 1275 or
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Note: The boot must not be installed twisted. Page 83 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1