Removing and installing contact spiral - AR46.10-P-0200B

MODEL 170, 208, 210 as of 1.6.99 

Fig 1: Identifying Fixing Bolts And Contact Spiral

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Fig 2: Identifying Contact Spiral

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Fig 3: Identifying Upper And Lower Section Of Contact Spiral And Kinking Spiral

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Model 208 shown 

	Removal, installation
1	Remove steering wheel	Front wheels in straight-ahead position
		Model 170, 208.	AR46.10-P-0100C
		Model 210.	AR46.10-P-0100B
2	Only unscrew fixing bolts (32h) until the contact spiral (A45) can be removed.	The fixing bolts are used as an anti-rotation device or assembly aid at the same time.
3	Carefully remove contact spiral (A45) from jacket tube	Installation  : Push on contact spiral (A45) up to the stop; the recess must align with the fixing lug (arrows) and the connector (a, b). If the contact spiral was twisted, e.g. when the steering coupling was removed ↓
		Adjust center position of contact spiral.	AR46.10-P-0200-01A
	Checking
4	Check contact spiral (A45) for damage	Visual inspection. The upper (32f) and lower sections (32g) of the contact spiral are clipped together and can only be separated due to the effect of excess forces or defective assembly. If this is the case, wind the contact spiral up carefully and assemble with care, not pinching or kinking the contact spiral (32e). Do not use oil or grease!
5	Install in reverse order