For right-hand drive vehicles

Torque specifications for

• Tie rod ball joint to wheel bearing housing
• Lock nut on tie rod
• Tie rod at steering gear
• Steering gear to subframe

Are the same for left and right-hand drive steering gear

They are not shown on the following illustration.

Fig 1: Power Steering Gear Heat Shield - Right-Hand Drive Vehicles

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1 - Hex head bolt, 8 Nm

2 - Heat shield

Clip is clipped on pressure line

3 - Steering gear