Remove/install steering column tube

AR46.10-P-0400B

Remove/install steering column tube

8.9.11

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Remove/install

 Installation

Replace self-locking nuts and bolts.

1

Remove cover below dashboard

AR68.10-P-1500F

2

Remove steering wheel

AR46.10-P-0100B

3

Remove instrument cluster

AR54.30-P-6015EA

4.1

Remove spiral contact coil (A45)

AR46.10-P-0200A

4.2

Remove steering angle sensor (N49)

Vehicles with ADS or ESP.

AR46.10-P-0300B

5

Remove combination switch (S4) and CC switch (S40)

AR54.25-P-2800EA

6

Remove steering column tube trim (99)

7.1

Remove steering lock (37)

Vehicles with manual key.

AR46.10-P-0900C

8.1

Disconnect connector (X54/7)

With electrically adjustable steering column (80).

9.1

Remove shield from steering coupling

Engine 112, 119.

AR46.10-P-0400-01B

 Removal: Insert bolt again before pushing out the lower steering shaft.

10

Remove bolt (25a) of steering coupling (25)

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*BA46.10-P-1001-01B

11

Press lower steering shaft out of steering coupling

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 Do not use force (hammer blows, a lot of leverage), if necessary expand clamping groove slightly using a screwdriver.

 Only separate the connector after removing the clock spring contact.

12

Remove lower nuts (71b) from steering column tube (71)

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*BA46.10-P-1013-03D

13

Remove upper bolts (91a) from steering column tube (71)

 Installation: Position all bolts and nuts (steering column tube must still be able to be moved), then the upper bolts can be tightened.

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*BA46.10-P-1002-03D

14

Remove steering column tube (71)

 Installation: Check straight-ahead position of steering column tube (triggering lug must face towards combination switch) and steering gear.

Lower steering shaft (80a) with light alloy sliding tube (4-cylinder engines)

Do not use light alloy steering shaft as a connecting point:

 The position of the inner sliding piece relative to the outer one is determined by a slightly offset gear and therefore it must not be forcibly joined together.

 The inner sliding piece must slide effortlessly in the longitudinal direction, refer to: 

Remove/install lower steering shaft.

AR46.10-P-0500-01D

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*BA46.10-P-1004-01B

15

Install in the reverse order

Number

Designation

Model 210

BA46.10-P-1001-01B

Steering joint bolt

Nm

20

BA46.10-P-1004-01B

Nut to top steering shaft if electrically adjustable casing tube

Nm

110

Number

Designation

Model
210

BA46.10-P-1002-03D

Upper bolt, steering column tube to body

Nm

20

BA46.10-P-1013-03D

Bottom nut of fixed steering column tube to body

Nm

8