Removing and Installing

Lower control arm, removing and installing
Removing
- Remove wheel.





- Unbolt vehicle speed sensor wiring -2-.
1. Securing pins
3. Securing point on axle beam





- Remove hex bolt-E-.
A - Hex bolt
B - Parking brake cable
C - Retainer for parking brake cable
D - Control arm





Vehicles with automatic headlight range control
- Remove nut -arrow A- from coupling rod -1- for vehicle attitude sensor -2- while counter holding on wrench surfaces -arrow B-.
- Pull coupling rod -1- in direction of arrow out of vehicle attitude sensor -2-.
3. Upper control arm





Continued for all vehicles
- Press locking lugs -A- together in direction of arrow and slide parking brake cable -2- out from control arm -1-.

Note: Do not pull on parking brake cable otherwise the parking brake adjustment will be changed!

- Unbolt shock absorber bolt -3- to control arm -1-.
1. Control arm
2. Parking brake cable
3. Bolt for shock absorber
A - Retaining clip for parking brake cable





- Remove bolt -A- for tie rod.
- Mark installation position of eccentric washer for bolt -B-.
- Remove bolt -B-.

Installing
Install in reverse order
- Install wheel and tighten.
After installing check position of steering wheel during a test drive.
If steering wheel is not in straight ahead position, perform wheel alignment checks!

Note: After installing check parking brake cable adjustment and adjust if necessary!

Tightening torques:
Control arm to subframe
*Hex bolt M 12 x 1.5 x 100 70 Nm plus an additional 90° (1/4 turn)
Control arm to steel wheel bearing housing
Self-locking nut, 95 Nm
Control arm to aluminum wheel bearing housing
*Self-locking nut, 95 Nm
Shock absorber to control arm
*Self-locking nut, 95 Nm
*Replace each time after removing