Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing track rod ball joint

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / Running gear, axles, steering / Steering / Steering rack / Removing and installing track rod ball joint

Special tools and workshop equipment required

Ball joint puller -T10187-

Removing and installing track rod ball joint

Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-

Removing

–	Loosen wheel bolts.

–	Raise vehicle.

–	Remove wheel.

Removing and installing track rod ball joint

–	Loosen nut -1-.

–	Mark position of track rod ball joint on track rod.

–	Loosen nut -2- on track rod ball joint but do not remove completely.

Caution

Leave nut screwed on a few turns to protect thread on pin.

–	Push track rod off wheel bearing housing and remove nut.

1 -	Ball joint puller -T10187-

–	Unscrew track rod ball joint from track rod.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

Removing and installing track rod ball joint

–	Make sure that correct track rod ball joint is installed on each side.

I -	Track rod ball joint on right marked with an “A”

II -	Track rod ball joint on left marked with a “B”

–	Screw track rod ball joint onto track rod as far as previously applied mark and secure with lock nut.

–	Insert track rod ball joint into wheel bearing housing.

–	Bolt track rod ball joint with new nut.

–	Check wheel alignment → Chapter.

Specified torques

→ Chapter „Assembly overview - steering rack“

→ Chapter „Repairing steering rack“

→ Chapter „Torque settings for wheel bolts“

Removing and installing track rod ball joint

Removing and installing track rod

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