1997 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT wheel alignment

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Rear drive shafts, servicing
Reworking cap nut in side member (four wheel drive vehicles)
Suspension strut, disassembling and assembling (four wheel drive
vehicles)
Wheel bearings, servicing - disc brakes (four wheel drive vehicles)
44 - Wheels, Tires, Wheel alignment
Vehicle alignment
Test requirements:
Vehicle alignment specifications (front wheel drive vehicles)
Vehicle alignment specifications (four wheel drive vehicles)
Front wheel camber, adjusting
Calculating the direction of travel:
45 - Anti-lock brake system
Anti-locking Brake System (ABS) and Anti-locking Brake System with
Electronic Differential Lock (ABS/EDL) Teves 04
Notes for repair work on ABS, ABS/EDL
Control module, removing and installing
Wheel speed sensor and rotor for speed sensor, removing and installing
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) and ABS with Electronic Differential Lock
(ABS/EDL), Teves 20 GI
Safety precautions
ABS, ABS/EDL hydraulic unit, vacuum brake booster and brake master
cylinder (Teves 20 GI), servicing
ABS hydraulic unit and ABS control module (Teves 20 GI), removing and
installing
Brake hydraulic system, bleeding and filling
Assembly overview - hydraulic unit, brake servo/brake master cylinder
Hydraulic unit, removing and installing
Brake Pedal Position Sensor, removing and installing
46 - Brakes - Mechanical components
Front brakes, servicing (Girling caliper)
Brake pads, removing and installing

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Steering Model
Sedan/Wagon and syncro
Suspension version
Base Suspension
Plus Suspension
Steering gear Power assisted steering gear Power assisted steering gear
Steering wheel turns from lock to lock 3.33 3.14
Overall steering ratio 17.5:1 16.4:1
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Sub-frame, stabilizer bar
and control arm (Base
suspension)
Note: If a vehicle has to be
moved after removing the
drive shaft, first install outer joint and tighten to 50 Nm (37 ft lb) otherwise the
wheel bearing will be
damaged. Specifications for wheel
alignment Page 44-2 . Welding and straightening
operations are not
permitted on load bearing
suspension components or
those components which
locate the wheels. Always replace self-locking
nuts. Always replace corroded
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1 - Triple-rotor joint housing
2 - Triple-rotor star
3 - Axle shaft
Note:
CAUTION!
Do not let the rollers slide off the triple-rotor star
and fall to the floor. - Remove O-ring -arrow- from groove. - Mark installation positions of parts -1-, -2- and -3-. Noises while driving may result if the indicated
parts are not reassembled to their prior positions. Use a waterproof felt-tipped pen for marking
parts.
- Remove rubber gasket (arrow) from groove. - With triple-rotor joint housing clamped in vise, pull
axle shaft together with triple-rotor star upward out
of housing.
- Hold axle shaft in straight alignment to triple-rotor
joint and slowly push back triple-rotor joint housing
with other hand. - Mark installation position of rollers -1- on triple-
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Mark mounting bracket installation position relative to
body longitudinal member, otherwise the rear axle
must be realigned on an axle alignment stand after
reinstalling. Fig. 14 Mounting bracket on body, removing
and installing
Tightening torque -A- 130 Nm (96 ft lb)
-B- 60 Nm (44 ft lb)
-C- 85 Nm (63 ft lb) Page 13 of 13Rear axle, servicing (four wheel drive vehicles)12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.42.3

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Vehicle alignment

Test requirements:
Measuring equipment correctly calibrated
Vehicle unladen1)

Tires inflated to correct pressure
Vehicle accurately aligned, suspension
bounced and rocked several times
Suspension, steering and steering linkage
checked for excessive play and damage.

Note:
Vehicle alignment should not be checked
before the vehicle has completed 1000 to 2000
km (600 to 1200 miles) as then the coil springs
have had time to settle.
The cause of vehicle imbalance may also be,
excessive residual imbalance and/or vertical
wheel runout.
1)
Unladened means: the weight of the vehicle
ready for the road (fuel tank completely filled,
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Vehicle alignment specifications (front wheel drive vehicles) Front axle
Suspension strut axle
Engine up to 85 kW (115
hp) 110 - 128 kW
(148 - 172 hp)
Version Base suspension Plus
suspension
Total toe1)
(not pressed)
0 10' 0 10' Camber2)
(in straight- ahead position) Maximum permissible
difference between sides -1 20' 20'


max. 20' -1 10' 20'


max. 20' Toe angle difference at 20left and right lock -1 10' 30' -1 40' 30' Caster (not adjustable) Maximum permissible difference between
sides +1 40' 30'

max. 30' +3 20' 30'

max. 30' 1)
Only adjust total toe on right toe rod
2)
Camber corrections can only be made at the wheel bearing housing/suspension strut connection.
Camber adjustment Page 44-6 . Note:
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Rear axle
Torsion beam trailing arm axle
Engine/version all
Camber1)

Maximum permissible difference between sides -1 30' 10'

max. 20' Total toe 1)
(at specified wheel camber)
Maximum permissible deviation from direction of travel +20' 10'


max. 20' 1)
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