Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Jetta. Manual - part 579

  

  

  

- Clamp power steering pump hose using hose clamp 
3094 . 

- Remove noise insulation tray. 

- Place oil pan under vehicle. 

- Press tie rod end off steering arm. . 

1 - Ball joint puller (commercial type) e.g. Matra V 176   

For R32 

- Press tie rod end off steering arm. 

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- If the bushing - 3 - is pressed out while pressing out tie 
rod, it must be pressed in again. 

- Attach special tools as shown in illustration, and tighten 
spindle to 50 Nm. 

The bushing is correctly positioned in steering arm again.

1 - Assembly tool 3293  

2 - Installing tool 40 - 503  

Continue for all vehicles

- Disconnect hoses from steering gear and seal with plastic 
bag and adhesive tape. 

The return line - 1 - can only be removed after first lowering 
subframe. 

- Seal power steering gear threaded holes with plastic 
sealing plugs. 

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- Remove hex bolts - 1 - and - 2 - . 

Vehicles with TDI engine

- Unbolt bracket for front exhaust pipe on subframe  - arrow 
- and separate. 

Continue for all vehicles

- Support subframe with engine/transmission jack 
V.A.G1383A . 

- Loosen hex bolt - 1 - . 

- Remove hex bolts - 2 - and - 3 - . 

- Lower subframe using engine/transmission jack 

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V.A.G1383A . 

- Remove return line clamp - 1 - and line at steering gear - 2 
- . 

- Remove power steering gear bolts. 

- Take power steering gear out towards rear.  

Installing

 

Note: 

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Use new sealing O-rings for hose/line connections.  

 

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Coat steering gear O-ring seals with lubricant, e.g. 
liquid soap, before installing steering gear.  

 

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After installation of steering gear to the universal joint 
shaft, make sure that the seal lies against the 
assembly plate without kinking and opening to the 
footwell is correctly sealed. Water ingress and/or 
noises may be the result.  

 

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Make sure sealing surfaces are clean.   

 

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