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How to Replace the Steering Gear Boots on a VW Passat

Jan 27, 2013 08:24 PM

A mechanic working under a vehicle using a wrench.

The video gives you a step by step tutorial how to replace the steering gear boots of a Volkswagen Passat B3 without dismounting the steering gear.

The access to the boots is rather limited but with a little patience and some special tools it is really possible as you'll see in the video. Only the tie rod ends have to be dismounted.

You will need a set of new boots including the clamps, new lock nuts for the tie rod ends and the specials steering gear grease of Volkswagen

The video has a German soundtrack, but English subtitles are available by clicking on the "CC" to turn on YouTube's captions.

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