Skoda OCTAVIA Workshop Manual page 34

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Front Suspension
Installing
(applies to models fitted with manual and auto-
matic gearbox)
Remove any corrosion present in the thread/
spline of the outer joint.
- Insert wishbone and attach.
- Attach subframe.
- Moisten splines of wheel hub with oil.
- Insert outer joint as far as possible into the
splines of the wheel hub.
- Attach steering joint and wishbone with new
bolts onto old impression.
- Bolt pendulum support to gearbox.
- Bolt coupling rod, as appropriate, to wish-
bone.
- Moisten contact surface of twelve-point
nut and also splines and thread of outer
joint with oil and screw on twelve-point
nut as far as possible.
- Pull outer joint sufficiently far into the wheel
hub until it is making contact in the wheel
bearing.
- Install noise insulation.
⇒ Engine, Mechanical Components; Repair
Group 10; Removing and installing engine
- Fit on wheel.
- Lower vehicle; when doing this, ensure that
the wheels do not yet touch the ground.
Tightening torques:
Subframe to body
Use new bolts!
Steering joint to wishbone
Use new bolts and new
locking plate!
Pendulum support to gearbox
Use new bolts!
Coupling rod to wishbone
Use new bolt!
OCTAVIA
100 Nm + 90°
20 Nm + 90°
40 Nm + 90°
15 Nm + 90°
Edition 02.01
S00.5103.60.20