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 wheel.
- Remove lower noise insulation.
- Remove nuts - arrows -.
- Pull control arm out of lower ball joint.
- Secure position for mounting bracket => [ Securing Mounting Bracket ] Procedures.
- Replace bolt - 1 - for left side, - 8 - for right side using (T10096) and tighten locating pins to 20 Nm.
• Locating pins (T10096) may only be tightened to a maximum of 20 Nm, since otherwise the threads of the locating bolts will be damaged.
- Now remove - 10 - for left side of vehicle, - 17 - for right side of vehicle.
- Remove bolts - 1 -.
- Remove control arm with mounting bracket.
Installing
- Insert control arm with mounting bracket into subframe.
- Install - 7 - 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 bracket 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 wheel and tighten. Refer to => [ Wheel Bolt Tightening Specification ] Specifications.
Tightening Specifications