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 links 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 following points:





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

Note:
^ 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 lb) plus additional 1/4-turn (90)

- Tighten bolts -3-

^ Ribbed bolt tightening torque: 75 Nm (55 ft lb)
^ Non-ribbed bolt tightening torque: 25 Nm (18 ft lb)

- Install new subframe bolts -2- and tighten to 110 Nm (81 ft lb) plus additional 1/4-turn (90°)