torque VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1995 B3, B4 / 3.G Service Owner's Manual

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Installing

- Install steering wheel, install nut and tighten.
Tightening torque: 50 Nm (37 ft lb).

- Connect airbag unit connector below steering
wheel.

- Install trim panel below steering column. Make
sure that the centering ring wiring connection is
located in the recess in the trim panel.

- Connect connector in steering wheel to airbag
unit connector.

- Install airbag unit Page 48-7
Note:
Use new hex socket head bolts for airbag unit.
- After installing the airbag steering wheel first
switch on ignition, then connect battery Ground
strap.

CAUTION!

Make sure that no one is in the vehicle when
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Installing
Install in reverse order.

- Check position of steering wheel and, if
necessary, align front end.

Note: Tightening torques: When lifting the engine/transmission assembly
guide the lower half of the universal joint shaft -A-
into the upper half -B- at the same time (second
mechanic necessary). Coat boot with lubricant, e.g. soft soap, before
pulling onto steering gear.
Universal joint shaft 25 Nm (18 ft lb) halves
Steering gear 30 Nm (22 ft lb)
Tie rod joint 35 Nm (26 ft lb)
Subframe front and rear
70 Nm (52 ft lb) and turn 90 further Rear subframe bracket 65 Nm (48 ft lb) Page 18 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1

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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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- 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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Installing Note:
Apply one drop only in 2nd thread of rack. If too much
D6 is used the release torque when next
disassembling will be too high. No D6 must get onto
steering rack. - Adjust new tie rod to length Page 48-84 . - Coat tapped hole thread with D6 locking fluid
(arrow).
- Tighten tie rod to the specified torque, 70 Nm (52 ft lb). Always use a torque wrench. Page 80 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1

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V-belts, tensioning (4-Cyl. engines) Specification: - Tension V-belts by turning adjustment bolt with
torque wrench -A- (VAG 1410 and VAG 1410/2). Used belts, 4 Nm (35 in. Ib) New belts, 7 Nm (62 in. Ib) Note:
Nut 4 - is only installed on gasoline engines. - Tighten adjustment clamping bolt -3- to 25 Nm (18
ft lb).
- Tighten bolt -1- to 45 Nm (33 ft lb). - Tighten bolt -2- and nut -4- to 25 Nm (18 ft lb). Page 93 of 99Steering12/7/2004http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/vw/servlet/Display?action=Goto&type=repair&id=VW.B4.SU01.48.1