Dismantling and assembling rigid jacket tube - AR46.10-P-0500B

MODEL 210 up to 30.11.98 

Fig 1: Identifying Rigid Jacket Tube Components

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	Dismantling
1	Remove jacket tube		AR46.10-P-0400B
2	Detach bolt (80c) and remove lower steering shaft (80a)	Check the lateral runout of the lower steering shaft (80a) (visual inspection).
3	Remove disk spring (70e) and support ring (70d)	On vehicles up to 09/95 (steel joint fork) a spacer is inserted between the lower steering shaft and disk spring. This is not used as of 10/95 (light-alloy joint fork).
4	Push out steering shaft (70g) slightly and remove locking rings (70h, 70c) and support ring (70b)
5	Press ball bearing (70a) out of the jacket tube using the steering shaft (70g)
	Assembling
6	Press new ball bearing (70a) into the jacket tube from above using a suitable tube (072)
7	Push in steering shaft (70g) and press in the second ball bearing from underneath
8	Push the support ring (70d) and locking ring (70c) onto the steering shaft together	Ensure that the locking ring is seated correctly in the steering shaft groove.
9	Fit locking ring (70h)
10	Push on support ring (70d) and disk spring (70e)
11	Mount lower steering shaft (80a) on upper steering shaft	The disk spring must be preloaded fully otherwise play is detectable at the steering wheel Lower steering shaft (80a) with light-alloy sliding tube (4-cylinder engines)  The following should be observed when the light-alloy steering shaft is separated: The position of the inner slide relative to the a outer slide is determined by a slightly offset tooth and therefore force should not be used during assembly. It must be possible for the inner slide to a move easily in the longitudinal direction, refer to: ↓	AR46.10-P-0500-01E
		Detaching and attaching lower steering shaft	AR46.10-P-0500-01D
12	Tighten bolt (80c)	Installation:  Replace nut (80h)
			*BA46.10-P-1003-01B

Steering shaft

Number	Designation			Model 210
BA46.10-P-1003-01B	Bolt with nut, lower to upper steering shaft with rigid or mechanically adjustable jacket tube	Steel joint flange	Nm	28
		Light-alloy joint flange	Nm	20