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Control Arm With Mounting Bracket






Control Arm with Mounting Bracket

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Torque wrench (V.A.G 1332)

Locating pins (T10096)

Removing

- Remove the wheel.

- Remove the lower noise insulation.

- Remove the nuts - arrows -.






- Remove the control arm from the ball joint.

- Secure position for mounting bracket. Refer to => [ Securing Mounting Bracket ] Front Suspension.

- Replace bolt - 1 - for left side, - 8 - for right side using (T10096) and tighten locating pins to 20 Nm.






(T10096) may only be tightened to a maximum of 20 Nm, since otherwise the threads of the locating bolts will be damaged.

- Now unscrew item - 10 - for left side of vehicle, item - 17 - for right side of vehicle.

- Remove bolts - 1 -.






- Remove control arm with mounting bracket.

Installing

- Insert control arm with mounting bracket into subframe.

- Attach - 10 - and - 17 - but do not tighten.






- Insert bolts - 1 - and tighten.






- Replace the (T10096) with a new bolt and tighten the bolt to the tightening specification.

- Bolt control arm tightly to ball joint - arrows -.






- Bolt control arm tightly to console in curb weight position - 10 - and - 17 -.






Further installation is in the reverse sequence to removal.

Make sure that the ball joint boot is not damaged or twisted.

- Install lower noise insulation.

- Install the wheel and tighten the wheel bolts. Refer to => [ Wheel Bolts Tightening Specification ] [1][2]Specifications.

Tightening Specifications