Audi Q5: Overview - Steering Gear
Overview - Steering Gear, Electromechanical Steering Gear
1 - Electromechanical Steering Gear with Tie Rods
- With Power Steering Control Module -J500-
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Electromechanical Steering
Gear, Steering Gear, Removing and Installing"
- Servicing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Steering Gear, Electromechanical Steering Gear, Servicing".
- There are different versions. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
A removable heat shield mat was installed on the steering gear at
start of production. Be sure to install this mat if installing the old
steering gear again.
A removable heat shield mat on the steering gear was replaced by a
bonded heat shield mat as a running change. It is therefore not
necessary to take the mat from the old steering gear and installing on a
new steering gear.
A replacement steering gear comes with the bonded heat shield mat.
2 - Bolt
- 80 Nm +180º
- Always replace if removed
3 - Subframe
4 - Nut
- Pushed into the subframe
- Always replace if removed
5 - Steering Intermediate Shaft
6 - Bolt
- Tightening specification -item 4-
7 - Wheel Bearing Housing
8 - Nut
- 100 Nm
- Always replace if removed
Overview - Steering Gear, Hydraulic Power Steering Gear
Power steering gear is completely removed and installed with tie
rods.
1 - Subframe
2 - Crossbrace
3 - Steering Intermediate Shaft
4 - Bolt
- 30 Nm +90º
- Always replace if removed
- The threaded hole for the bolt must always be cleaned, for example,
with a thread cutter
5 - Nut
- Always replace if removed
6 - Seal
- Always replace if removed
7 - Return Line
Caution
Insert the return line completely when installing.
- There are different versions. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
8 - Bolt
- 80 Nm +180º
- Always replace if removed
9 - Power Assisted Steering Gear with Tie Rods
- Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Steering Gear, Removing and Installing, Hydraulic Power
Steering Gear".
- Servicing. Refer to
→ Chapter "Steering Gear, Servicing, Hydraulic Power Steering Gear".
- Adjusting. Refer to
→ Chapter "Steering Gear, Adjusting".
- There are different versions. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
10 - Tie Rod
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Tie Rod, Removing and
Installing, Hydraulic Power Steering Gear"
11 - Tie Rod End
- There are different versions, with long or short thread on the joint
pin; allocation. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
WARNING
When replacing, make sure the length of the thread on the
tie rod end is sufficient (there must be approximately 5 mm
extra thread). If this is not the case, then install a tie rod
end with a longer thread pin, allocation Parts Catalog.
- Removing and installing. Refer to → Chapter "Tie Rod End, Removing and
Installing, Hydraulic Power Steering Gear"
12 - Bolt
13 - Pressure Line
- There are different versions, with and without a separating point.
Refer to the Parts Catalog.
Caution
Insert the pressure line completely when installing.
- There are different versions. Refer to the Parts Catalog.
14 - Rubber Bushing
15 - Union Nut
- 40 Nm
- A pressure line with a separating point does not have a union nut.
16 - Nut
17 - Nut
- There are different versions. Refer to the Parts Catalog for the
allocation.
- Pay attention to the different nut versions and to the tightening
specifications.
- Always replace if removed
18 - Wheel Bearing Housing
Nut versions for the tie rod ball joint bracket
Tightening specification: 20 Nm 90º.
- Twelve-point combination nut -B-
Tightening specification: 100 Nm
Tightening specifications: 110 Nm
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Electromechanical Steering Gear, Steering Gear, Removing and Installing
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque Wrench 1331 5-50Nm -VAG1331-
Torque Wrench 1332 40-200Nm -VAG1332-
Tor
Steering, Centering, Electromechanical Steering Gear
Note
Centering the steering is meant only for "aligning" the
steering for subsequent work.
The steering wheel center position is determ
Steering Gear, Electromechanical Steering Gear, Servicing
Note
Always replace self-locking nuts and bolts.
Welding or straighten work on any steering components is not
permissible.
Use on
SEE MORE:
Hydraulic Control Unit, Disassembling and Assembling, 0BE, 0BF
1 - Bolt
5 Nm
2 - All Wheel Drive Pump -V415-
Removing and installing. Refer to
→ Chapter "All Wheel Drive Pump -V415-, Removing and Installing".
3 - O-Ring
Always replace.
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Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs. or 9 kg need special rearward-facing
child restraints that support the back, neck and
head in a crash.
Fig. 174 Schematic overview: rearward-facing infant seat,
properly installed on the rear seat
When using the vehicle safety b