Contents: Cars with exhaust pipe under…⬇ Continued for all vehicles ⬇ Screwing the suspension mounting…⬇ Cars with exhaust pipe under…⬇ Continued for all vehicles ⬇ Tightening torques ⬇
Caution: The steering wheel should be set to the center position (the wheels are set to move straight) and do not turn it during repairs, otherwise the return ring with the guide coil spring of the Airbag device could become unusable.
With the wheels set to drive straight, secure the steering wheel with "arrow" tape so that the steering wheel cannot turn.
Remove the plastic nuts. Remove cover "2".
Unscrew screw "1".
Remove the universal joint with the crosspiece (in the direction of the arrow) from the input shaft of the power steering gear housing. Remove the lower engine cover.
Cars with exhaust pipe under suspension mounting beam
Remove the front part of the exhaust pipe.
[Information copied from the resource SkodaBook]
Continued for all vehicles
Unscrew screws "1" and "2" of the rocking support.
Insert wooden board "1" into the tip. After installing the engine and gearbox removal and installation tool with the tip, support the suspension mount beam.
Important: Follow these steps carefully, making sure to follow the correct sequence. The centering pins may be tightened with a torque not exceeding 20 Nm, otherwise the thread of the centering pin will be damaged.
After unscrewing the left screw "4" of the suspension mounting beam "3", screw on the centering pin and tighten it to 20 Nm.
Unscrew the right screw "4" of the suspension mounting beam (it's not in the picture), screw on the centering pin and tighten to 20 Nm. Remove screws "1" on both sides. After unscrewing the left screw "2", remove the support "5".
After screwing on the centering pin, tighten it to 20 Nm.
After unscrewing the right screw "2", remove support "5". After screwing in the centering pin, tighten it to 20 Nm. The suspension mount beam is secured when all four screws (positions "2" and "4" on both sides of the vehicle) are gradually replaced with centering pins. Release the pressure line, return line and wire of the power steering sensor "G250" from the spacer holder "arrow".
Important: When lowering the suspension mount beam, ensure that the pressure line, return line and power steering sensor wire "G250" are not subjected to tensile load.
Lower the suspension mounting beam by approximately 4 cm, thereby releasing it from the centering pins.
Important: When lowering the suspension mount beam, ensure that there is sufficient free space between the drive shafts and the stabilizer.
Slowly lower the suspension mount beam using an engine and transmission removal and installation tool with a tip.
Screwing the suspension mounting beam - installation
Raise the suspension mount beam onto the centering pins so that the brackets are flush with the body on both sides of the vehicle. After inserting the pressure line, return line and wire of the power steering sensor "G250" into the spacer holder "arrow", close the holder.
Important: Only one centering pin should ever be unscrewed. Then you should replace it with a new screw and tighten it to the specified torque.
After unscrewing the left centering pin "1", screw in a new screw and tighten it to the specified tightening torque.
Having unscrewed the right centering pin "1" (it is not shown in the picture), screw in a new screw and tighten to the specified tightening torque. Unscrew the left centering pin "2". Install the left support. After installing the new left support screws, tighten them at the rear by hand. After installing the new screw for the bracket and left support, tighten it to the specified tightening torque. Tighten the left support screws at the rear to the specified tightening torques. Unscrew the right centering pin. "2" (it's not in the picture).
Install the right support. After screwing in the new screws for the right support, tighten them at the rear by hand. After installing the new screw for the bracket and left support, tighten it to the specified tightening torque. Tighten the right support screws at the rear to the specified tightening torques. Remove the engine and gearbox removal and installation tool with the tip. After installing the rocker support on the gearbox, tighten it with new screws "1".
Important: Place bolts "1" into the slots of the rocker support so that there is maximum distance between the gearbox and the axle suspension mounting beam.
Cars with exhaust pipe under suspension mounting beam
Install the front section of the exhaust manifold.
Continued for all vehicles
Install the lower engine cover. After pushing the universal joint with the steering column crosspiece onto the input shaft of the power steering gear housing in the direction of the arrow, tighten it with a new screw "1".
Install the cover "2" using the plastic nuts "1". Remove the device to prevent the steering wheel from turning (adhesive tape). Conduct a test run.
Caution: If after a test run and with the front wheels set to drive straight, the steering wheel is not in the correct position, the vehicle must be measured.
Tightening torques
| Bracket on the body | 70 Nm + 90° |
| Support on the body | 20 Nm + 90° |
| Rocker support on the gearbox | 30 Nm + 90° |
| Cardan shaft with steering column crosspiece on the power steering gear housing | 20 Nm+90° |
| Centering pin | 20 Nm |