Lower Guide Link, Removing and Installing

Lower Guide Link, Removing and Installing
Removing
- Remove wheel trim.
On light alloy wheels use puller in vehicle tool kit to remove trim cap.
- Remove wheel.





- Remove nut from lower guide link ball joint and press off ball joint.
- If necessary counterhold ball joint using 4 mm hex wrench.





- Loosen bolt -1-.

CAUTION: Be careful not to damage the undercoating or the surfaces of the brake lines.

Subframe must be lowered at rear to remove bolt -1 -.
- Loosen support plate bolts -3- and subframe bolts -2-.
- Remove guide link.

Installing

CAUTION: The bonded rubber bushings can only be turned to a limited extent. The bolted connections on the suspension finks should therefore only be tightened when the vehicle is standing on the ground.

- All nuts and bolts must be replaced

When installing pay particular attention to the points:





- Tighten nut at ball joint to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).

Notes:
- Remove any residue from the ball joint threads.
- Use only the inner holes (arrow above).
- Press the guide link inward when tightening.

- Install new bolt -1- and new nut.
Tightening torque: 90 Nm (66 ft. lbs.) + 1/4 turn (90°)
- Tighten bolts -3-, See Fig. 3 in Front Axle Component Locations, Refer to Suspension, Service and Repair.
- Ribbed bolt tightening torque: 75 Nm (55 ft. lbs.)
- Non-ribbed bolt tightening torque: 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.)
- Install new subframe bolts -2- and tighten to 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.) + 1/4-turn (90°)