steering AUDI A4 1998 B5 / 1.G Suspension Steering Column Remove And Install User Guide

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Steering column, checking for damage

Determining if steering column must be replaced
following an accident:

Visual check

- Check all steering column components for
damage.

Functional check

- Make sure steering column turns easily without
jerking.

- Make sure steering column can be adjusted for
height and reach.

- Check gap (dimension -A-) between slide and mounting bracket.
If dimension -A- is larger than 0.5 mm (0.20 in.), steering column is
damaged and must be replaced
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Steering lock housing, removing and
installing


Removing

WARNING!

Before removing the steering column, make
sure the wheels are in the straight-ahead
position.
Observe the safety precautions for working
on airbags page 48
-62
.

Non compliance with the above can cause
failure of the airbag system.

- Remove driver-side airbag unit page 48
-64

(for sport steering wheel page 48
-68
).

- Remove steering wheel page 48
-67
(for
sports steering wheel page 48
-70
).

- Remove steering column switch page 48
-
85
.

- On vehicles with automatic transmission,
disengage lock cable page 48
-85
.
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Removing and installing lock cylinder:
Repair Manual, Electrical Equipment, Repair Group 94

Installing - Drill out or chisel off shear bolts using suitable chisel -1-.
- Install new shear bolts.
- Tighten shear bolts until heads shear off.
- On vehicles with automatic transmission, engage lock cable page
48
-90
.
- Check function of lock cable page 48
-92
.
- Install steering column switch.
- Install steering wheel page 48
-67
(for sports steering wheel page
48
-70
).
- Install driver-side airbag unit page 48
-64
(for sport steering wheel
page 48
-68
).
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