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Overhaul






Subframe

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Installation device (3372)

Thrust Plate (VW 401)

Thrust Plate (VW 402)

Punch (VW 407)

Assembly tool (T10214)

Assembly tool (T10301)

Assembly tool (T10446)

Perform The Following:

Pressing Out The Bonded Rubber Mount

- Remove the subframe. Refer to => [ Subframe without Steering Gear ] Service and Repair.

- Loosen the bolts on the insert (T10446/1) - A -.






- Attach traverse (T10446) - 3 - to subframe.

- Attach the traverse (T10446) to the subframe with the mounting pins and knurled nuts.

1. Punch (VW 407)

2. Thrust Piece (3372/1)

3. Assembly tool (T10446)

4. Tube (T10301/3)

5. Thrust Plate (VW 401)

6. Thrust Plate (VW 402)


Make sure the insert (T10446/1) - A - fit correctly in the openings in the bonded rubber bushings.

- Tighten the bolts on the insert (T10446/1) - A -.

- Press out both bonded rubber bushings at the same time as depicted in the illustration.

The flat side of the thrust piece (3372/1) must face the insert (T10446/1) - A - in the cross bar (T10446) otherwise the insert will get damaged.

The tube (T10301/3) must touch the pressure plate (VW 401) and the pressure plate (VW 402).

The rib on the tube (T10301/3) must be between the pressure plate (VW 401) and the pressure plate (VW 402).

Installing The Bonded Rubber Bushing

- Bolt both bonded rubber bushings with original bolt, cutouts - arrows - must align when doing this.






- Insert bolted bonded rubber bushings, with bolt head downward, into large diameter of tube (T10214/2).






1. Thrust Piece (VW 432)

2. Thrust piece (T10214/3) without bolts

3. Bonded Rubber Bushing

4. Tube (T10214/2)

5. Tube (T10214/1)

6. Thrust Plate (VW 401)


- Install the bonded rubber bushing - 1 - until it reaches dimension - a -.






Dimension - a - = 2 - 3 mm.

- Align tube (T10214/2) on subframe with pressed in bonded rubber bushings.






The corners on the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing - arrows - must face away from the traverse (T10446) - 1 -.

The corners on the inner core of the bonded rubber bushing - arrows - must lie parallel with the edge of the traverse (T10446) - 1 -.

Distance - a - must be identical at left and right to guarantee parallelism.

- Mount the subframe on the tube (T10446/2) - 5 -.






1. Punch (VW 407)

2. Thrust Piece (T10214/3)

3. Tube (T10214/2)

4. Assembly tool (T10446)

5. Tube (T10446/2)

6. Thrust Plate (VW 401)


- Install the bonded rubber bushing on the stop.

- Remove assembly tool (T10446) from subframe and check seating of the pressed in bonded rubber bushing.

The outer diameter - 1 - of both bonded rubber bushings must project up to 2 mm beyond edge in area of opening for pendulum support.






Cutouts of bonded rubber bushings must lie at center in opening of subframe.

Gap - arrow - between bonded rubber bushings is permissible.

- Install subframe, refer to => [ Subframe without Steering Gear ] Service and Repair.