Repairing steering rack, renewing bonded rubber bush for power steering rack — VW
Repairing steering rack, renewing bonded rubber bush for power steering rack on VW: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Passat B7 saloon (362, 2010–2014), VW Passat B7 Variant (365, 2010–2014)
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- Always draw in bonded rubber bush from above from direction of steering shaft.
- After releasing assembly tool T10390, bonded rubber bush slides back slightly.
- Tighten cable tie as securely as possible so that lock plate does not slip when installing power-assisted steering rack.
📋 Procedure
- Remove power steering rack (see the separate procedure).
- Fit tools from above as shown in illustration.
- Pull out bonded rubber bush.
- Note allocation of bonded rubber bush to power-assisted steering rack (see the separate procedure).
- Coat exterior of bonded rubber bush with soapy water.
- Position the bonded rubber bushes so that the flattened areas point inwards in parallel (arrows). [Note: Always draw in bonded rubber bush from above from direction of steering shaft.]
- Fit tools as shown in illustration.
- Draw bonded rubber bush in to stop until rubber lip has folded over edge (arrow). [Note: After releasing assembly tool T10390, bonded rubber bush slides back slightly.]
- Place lock plate (1) onto bonded rubber bushes so that edges and flattened areas engage.
- Secure lock plate (1) in position with a cable tie (2). [Note: Tighten cable tie as securely as possible so that lock plate does not slip when installing power-assisted steering rack.]
- Install power steering rack (see the separate procedure).
- Remove cable tie from steering rack.
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