Skoda Octavia II Bedienungsanleitung Seite 28

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List of special tools:
Saw for cutting out an orifice in the bumper
Torque wrench
Procedure of the installation
- Fit the vehicle upon the arms of the workshop lifting jack.
- Dismount the rear bumper (including mudguard flaps if the vehicle is
provided with them) and the cross beam.
Warning. After the removing of the crossbeam fill the points where the
crossbeam touches the body with the antirust protection. Apply two layers (ca
30 microns) of the anticorrosive spray filler (Spray Max 1K Acryl Füller) to
the points with bare galvanized sheet metal. After the drying of the filler at the
temperature of ca. 20° C for 20 minutes, apply spray preservation wax.
Cutting out an orifice in the rear bumper
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- Deposit the dismounted rear bumper upon a soft felt surface.
- Employing a suitable tool, cut out orifices for the towing arm and the tilting
socket holder, in accordance with the pre-stamped marking (avoid damaging the
varnish of the bumper). Carefully finish the orifices.
- Once the rear bumper has been prepared in this way, keep it at a convenient place.
Installation of the towing coupling in the vehicle
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- Hang the exhaust pipe out of the rear suspension -arrow-.
- Dismount two quick couplers -arrows- loosening the thermal cap of the exhaust.
Bend away the loose cap in order to gain access to the orifices for clamping the
towing coupling.
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- Remove the blind flanges from the orifices for clamping the towing coupling on
the rear longitudinal girders (both sides of the vehicle) -arrows-. If necessary,
remove the parts of the plastizol inside the longitudinal girders.
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- Fit the towing coupling (A) by its beams into the orifices at the rear front of the
car -arrows-.
- Set up the position of the beam in such a way that the axes of the screws may pass
through the centres of the clamping orifices in the longitudinal girders
approximately.