Steering Intermediate Shaft, Removing And Installing: Installing
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2024 Audi SQ7, 2024 Audi Q7, 2023 Audi SQ7, and 2023 Audi Q7. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
Install in the reverse order of removal while noting the following:
- Replace bolt after removal.
- Clean the threaded hole for the bolt on the universal joint with for example a thread tap.
-- Bring the steering intermediate shaft -2- into the installation position at the same time the sealing lip -1- must contact the insulation, as shown.
- The -arrow- points upward.
-- Tighten the bolt -3- and the nuts -4- (shown on a LHD vehicle).
-- Push the intermediate shaft universal joint -2- all the way on the steering column -3-.
-- Install the bolt -1- first by hand in the first threads. Check if the steering intermediate shaft is seated correctly by pulling. Tighten the bolt.
-- Repeat the procedure on the lower universal joint to the steering gear.
-- Connect to the brake booster. Refer to BRAKE PEDAL, ATTACHING TO BRAKE BOOSTER .