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– Grease the steering rack on the toothed side -A- and on the
thrust piece side with grease.
– Turn steering wheel into straight ahead position.
– Guide new clamp and bellows onto tie rod.
– Install the tie rod end, refer to
⇒ “3.7 Tie Rod End, Removing and Installing”, page 304 .
The boot/power steering gear sealing surface must be free of
grease when installing.
– Slide the boot onto the steering gear housing with a new
clamp.
– Make sure the boot is seated correctly on the power steering
gear.
– The boot must fit in the groove and on the contour of the power
steering gear.
Clamping Sleeves, Installing
Make sure that dimension -A- of 5.7 mm maximum is observed.
Dimension -A- must never be greater than 5.7 mm, otherwise
there may be problems with the seal.
– Tighten the clamp -3- using the Locking Pliers - VAS6199- .
– Secure the spring clamp -1- on the boot -2- using the Hose
Clip Pliers - VAG1921- .
Install in reverse order of removal.
– Mount wheel and tighten ⇒ Wheels and tires; Rep. Gr. 44 .
– On vehicles with air suspension, position vehicle on wheels,
refer to
⇒ “4 Positioning Vehicle on Hoist and Wheels”, page 10 .
– An axle alignment may be required. Refer to
⇒ “5 Wheel Alignment”, page 247 .
Audi Q7 2007 ➤
Suspension, Wheels, Steering - Edition 01.2014
3. Steering Gear 309