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21 - Roller bearing installation position:
inscription points up
22 - Sealing ring Always replace 23 - Circlip
24 - Ball bearing Drive from top
downward with VW
439 Grease with steering
gear grease AOF 063
000 04
25 - Self-locking hex nut, 30 Nm (22 ft lb) Always replace 26 - Locking screw, 40 Nm
(30 ft lb) Always replace Is already pre-
mounted on new
toothed rods that are
supplied as
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Power steering gear, disassembling
- Tie rods, removing - see tie rod, removing and
installing (TRW and ZF power steering), Page 48-77
- Close hose connections on power steering gear
if not already done
1 - Plastic locking screw
2 - Plastic locking screw Note:
Use jaw covers and check jaw covers for
contamination; e.g. metal chips or the like - Clean outside of power steering gear - Open hose clamp and push back boot - Clamp steering gear with toothed rod in vise and
remove tie rod - Remove tie rod - Take steering gear out of vise, screw on bracket
3315/1 and tighten bracket in vise Page 32 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1
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- Mark position of adjusting screw and lock nut to
the housing (arrow) Note: - Screw lock nut together with adjusting screw Do not change position of adjusting screw to lock
nut when removing If necessary, remove adjusting screw together
with lock nut using tool 3115/6 Pressure piece/adjusting screw are slightly
stressed with slight spring pressure
1 - Ratchet (standard commercial) 2 - Adjusting screw Page 33 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1
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If very tightly seated, loosen locking screw with a
hammer and driver - Remove lower locking screw for valve body 1 - Ratchet (standard commercial) - Remove hex nut below valve body 1 - Ratchet (standard commercial) 2 - Open-end wrench (standard commercial) - Drive valve body upward from below with driver - Remove grease from teeth of valve body Page 35 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1
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- Pull adhesive tape out of the housing Valve body sealing ring, removing - Pull toothed rod all the way to the left - Turn lock washer so that the opening of the circlip
(arrow) is in the groove of the housing
- Continue to turn the lock washer (direction of
rotation left or right) so that the circlip turns out of
the housing
- Pull toothed rod with toothed rod guide out of the
housing, pull off toothed rod guide and place
toothed rod so that toothed rod piston sealing ring
will not be damaged
1 - Needle nose pliers (standard commercial) - Lubricate toothed rod - Drive sealing ring upward A - Puller, e.g. Kukko 21/4 B - Driver When installing the puller -A- make sure that the
claws (arrow on illustration page 13) engage
properly under the sealing ring. The puller must not
be spread too wide because otherwise the seat for
the sealing ring and housing will be damaged or the
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- Place lock washer in the housing and press in far
enough until the groove in the lock washer in the
slot of the housing is visible
- Install new safety wire in the hole of the lock
washer (arrow)
- Pull safety wire in by turning the lock washer. (after pulling in, turn the lock washer approx. 1/2
revolution further)
1 - Safety wire in repair kit is not formed as a ring,
but supplied as a straight wire
2 - Pliers (standard commercial) Valve body, installing
Ball bearing must not be tipped when driving in - Carefully drive lower ball bearing for valve body
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- Drive sealing ring in far enough sot that the groove for circlip in the housing is visible
- Install circlip - Remove adhesive tape - Remove assembly mandrel 3315/17 - Install hex nut for valve body and tighten, 30 Nm
(22 ft lb) with torque wrench SW 14 2 Note: - Install locking screw - Grease pressure piece and spring in housing in old position
- Install lock nut together with adjusting screw After tightening, the marking made during removal (arrow) on the adjusting nut and lock nut must
match If the toothed rod was replaced, before installing
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Power steering gear, adjusting with new
toothed rod If a new toothed rod was used, the steering play
should be adjusted according to the following
description.
- Drill a hole 5.1 mm in diameter in the center of the
adjusting screw (on the back side center)
- Thoroughly clean adjusting screw - Place toothed rod in center position (measure
toothed rod excess right and left)
- Install pressure piece and spring in housing if not
done yet
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